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- Season 1 Julia Disobeys Emperor Augustus
- Season 1 Herodias Has John the Baptist Beheaded
- Season 1 The Trung Sisters of Vietnam Fight the Han
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- Season 1 Julia Maesa Controls an Unusual Emperor
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- Season 1 Wu Zetian Rules China
- Season 1 Kahina Defends North Africa against Muslims
- Season 1 Dhuoda Chronicles a Carolingian Life
- Season 1 Elfrida Rules Anglo-Saxon England
- Season 1 Freydis Journeys to North America
- Season 1 Lubna of Córdoba Masters Mathematics
- Season 1 Lady Murasaki Writes the First Novel
- Season 1 Anna Brings Christianity to Russia
- Season 1 Anna Comnena Writes a Byzantine History
- Season 1 Eleanor of Aquitaine Goes on Crusade
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- Season 1 Heloise Embraces the New Philosophy
- Season 1 Hildegard Revolutionizes Traditional Medicine
- Season 1 Razia Rules Muslim India
- Season 1 Sorkhakhtani Administers a Mongol Empire
- Season 1 Licoricia Deals with the King of England
- Season 1 Abutsu Follows the Way of Poetry
- Season 1 Brigitta Speaks to God and the Pope
- Season 1 Joan of Arc Dies for France
- Season 1 Christine of Pisan Defends Women
Warriors, Queens, and Intellectuals: 36 Great Women before 1400 - Season 1 Episode 33 Abutsu Follows the Way of Poetry
0.00 48 minutes Though we don’t know her birth name, the woman who would come to be called Abutsu used her talents as a writer to make her fortune in a time of immense change for Japan. Under the new regime of Confucianism, women saw their freedoms curtailed and their opportunities limited, but Abutsu found a path to influence through the “Way of Poetry.”
