Much more wide-ranging in time and space than its competitors, more comprehensive than anything currently available Clear and accessible editorial material, all

From women's medicine and the writings of Christine de Pizan to the lives of market and tradeswomen and the idealization of virginity, gender and social status

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 i

Looks at the lives and social conditions of women in medieval Europe.

Medieval women faced many of the problems of their modern counterparts in bringing up their families, balancing family and work, and responding to the demands o