The History of British Women’s Writing, 700–1500: Volume One

Front Matter....Pages i-xxvi
Writing a History of British Women’sWriting from 700 to 1500....Pages 1-27
Front Matter....Pages 29-29
Women and the Origins of English Literature....Pages 31-40
Literary Production Before and After the Conquest....Pages 41-50
The French of the English and Early British Women s Literary Culture....Pages 51-59
Women Writers in Wales....Pages 60-71
Medieval Antifeminism....Pages 72-82
Front Matter....Pages 83-83
Romance....Pages 85-94
Saints’ Lives....Pages 95-102
Devotional Literature....Pages 103-111
Marian Literature....Pages 112-120
Late-Medieval Conduct Literature....Pages 121-130
Front Matter....Pages 131-131
Women and their Manuscripts....Pages 133-141
Women and Reading....Pages 142-150
Women and Networks of Literary Production....Pages 151-159
Anonymous Texts....Pages 160-168
Women Translators....Pages 169-177
Medieval Women’s Letters, 1350–1500....Pages 178-186
Front Matter....Pages 187-187
Christine de Pizan and Joan of Arc....Pages 189-197
Marie d’Oignies....Pages 198-206
Bridget of Sweden....Pages 207-215
Front Matter....Pages 187-187
Catherine of Siena....Pages 216-222
Julian of Norwich....Pages 223-231
Margery Kempe....Pages 232-240
A Revelation of Purgatory....Pages 241-249
Back Matter....Pages 250-268