Medieval Women's Writing: Works by and for Women in England, 1100-1500

by Diane Watt

Book Overview

Medieval Women's Writing is a major new contribution to our understanding of women's writing in England, 1100-1500.

The most comprehensive account to date, it includes writings in Latin and French as well as English, and works for as well as by women. Marie de France, Clemence of Barking, Julian of Norwich, Margery Kempe, and the Paston women are discussed alongside the Old English lives of women saints, The Life of Christina...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0745632564
• ISBN13: 9780745632568
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.8" x 8.9"