Writing Religious Women
Female Spiritual and Textual Practices in Late Medieval England
Editor(s) Denis Reveney,Christiania Whitehead
Language: English
Genre(s): Gender Studies, Medieval, Religion
- November 2000 · 272 pages ·216x138mm
- · Paperback - 9780708316412
- · Hardback - 9780708316429
This work addresses the question of female spirituality within medieval theological and devotional writings by examining texts in which women play a significant role, either as authors, recipients, or subjects. It suggests that these texts express the idea of "female vernacular theology".
Author(s): Denis Reveney
Denis Renevey is a Lecturer in Medieval English at the Universities of Fribourg and Lausanne. Christiania Whitehead is lecturer in medieval literature at the University of Warwick.Author(s): Christiania Whitehead
Denis Renevey is a Lecturer in Medieval English at the Universities of Fribourg and Lausanne. Christiania Whitehead is lecturer in medieval literature at the University of Warwick.