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even a well-connected abbess and acknowledged prophet does not fit the usual stereotype of this time.

Her preaching was not limited to the monasteries ; she even preached publicly in 1160 in Germany.

( New York: Routledge, 2001, 9 ).

She conducted four preaching tours throughout Germany, speaking to both clergy and laity in chapter houses and in public, mainly denouncing clerical corruption and calling for reform.