A collection of essays representing the growing variety of approaches used to write the history of medieval women. They reflect the European medieval world soci

What have a deaf nun, the mother of the first baby born to Europeans in North America, and a condemned heretic to do with one another? They are among the virtuo

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

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

This is one of the first anthologies devoted to the writings of women in the Middle Ages. The fifteen women whose works are represented span seven centuries, ei