[BlackElk]

The fictional tales of Maria Monk (written by an early Jack Chick)?

[incindiary]

Lauryn Hill is (at least last I checked) a Bible believing Christian. Before everyone starts attacking her and accusing her of everything from voodoo to being a slut, keep in mind that she is a believer, and she is not bashing God, she is criticizing the Catholic church for being ungodly. As for me, I grew up Catholic and I also feel the Catholic church has been unChristian in a few ways, which is why I (after becoming a born again Christian) decided not to go back to the Catholic church.

That said, I think she could've made her point differently, but... apparently she felt strongly about it.

[George W. Bush]

The fictional tales of Maria Monk (written by an early Jack Chick)?

No! Heh-heh.

I was serious. There was such a writer among the chorus of those calling for reform of the pre-Reformation church.

Given that only a handful of women were well-known authors in the first 500 years after the invention of the printing press, I'd think that someone could remember her name.

I'm thinking I read about her in Tuchman's history of the fourteenth century, Through A Distant Mirror, if I remember the title correctly.

Well, a little more googling turned up her name. This link is a little brief in describing her writing and influence.

Catherine of Siena