Acknowledgements
I must, first, thank my publishers, Head of Zeus, for taking a risk with this project. It was one of personal commitment, and I am most grateful that they indulged me in its genesis.
Richard Milbank, my editor, has cast a keen critical eye over its development, and improved it at all stages. I want also to thank those kind friends who have read the manuscript and made invaluable suggestions to refine it from the rough cut: my aunt, June Kempster (who corrected my mistakes on family history); Heather Dyer, who encouraged me to allow my own voice to intrude; Lynne Ballew, who suggested many valuable editorial improvements; and Jan Widmer, who introduced me to Elizabeth Cellier in the nick of time. And to all the women who educated me, I hope these stories will count as my thanks.I am grateful for permissions to use printed extracts from the following publishers: Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, Cambridge Medieval Classics, Hackett and Liverpool University Press. Nancy P. Stork very kindly allowed me to quote at length from her translations of Beatrice de Planisoles’s Inquisition testimony. Quotation permissions have also been sought from Penguin Classics and Stonewell Press.
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