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

1. Writing a History of British Women’sWriting from 700 to 1500
Liz Herbert McAvoy, Diane Watt

Part I. Pre-texts and Contexts

2. Women and the Origins of English Literature
Clare A. Lees, Gillian R. Overing

3. Literary Production Before and After the Conquest
Catherine A. M. Clarke

4. The French of the English and Early British Women s Literary Culture
Catherine Batt

5. Women Writers in Wales
Jane Cartwright

6. Medieval Antifeminism
Anke Bernau

Part II. Bodies, Behaviours, and Texts

7. Romance
Corinne Saunders

8. Saints’ Lives
Shari Horner

9. Devotional Literature
Michelle M. Sauer

10. Marian Literature
Sue Niebrzydowski

11. Late-Medieval Conduct Literature
Myra J. Seaman

Part III. Literacies and Literary Cultures

12. Women and their Manuscripts
Carol M. Meale

13. Women and Reading
Lara Farina

14. Women and Networks of Literary Production
Elizabeth Robertson

15. Anonymous Texts
Liz Herbert McAvoy

16. Women Translators
Alexandra Barratt

17. Medieval Women’s Letters, 1350–1500
James Daybell

Part IV. Female Authority

18. Christine de Pizan and Joan of Arc
Nancy Bradley Warren

19. Marie d’Oignies
Jennifer N. Brown

20. Bridget of Sweden
Laura Saetveit Miles

21. Catherine of Siena
C. Annette Grisé

22. Julian of Norwich
Amy Appleford

23. Margery Kempe
Diane Watt

24. A Revelation of Purgatory
Mary C. Erler

Keywords: Literature, British and Irish Literature, Gender Studies, Medieval Literature, Classical and Antique Literature