One of the difficulties facing scholars and students of the Middle Ages is the distortion that comes from our documentation. La Compiuta Donzella highlights how few women writers are known to us in the 21st century. In your opinion, is it a problem that so few first-hand women writers are known? Can we understand women's lives and their concerns through the writings of men?
In the absence of women's writings, can we really consider the writings we have by men as truly "universal" (i.e., dealing with universal concerns)?
And what, in your opinion, should be done about the absence of women's writings?