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Licoricia of Winchester
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Licoricia of Winchester

Dorothy Kim and Michelle M Sauer
The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Medieval Women’s Writing in the Global Middle Ages, pp.553-555
Springer Nature Switzerland
2026

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Anglo-Jewish culture Jewish women Legal documents Murder Thirteenth-century England Westminster Abbey Widowhood Medieval Studies Business
The wealthy, thirteenth-century, Anglo-Jewish businesswoman and two-time widow, Licoricia of Winchester, surfaces frequently in a host of legal documents in her role as financier, in her negotiations with the King and his court, and in numerous court cases including that of her own murder.

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