The Writings of Medieval Women

Author / Editor
Thiebaux, Marcelle, trans. and introd.

Title
The Writings of Medieval Women

Published
New York and London: Garland, 1987.

Physical Description
xvii, 253 pp.

Series
Garland Library of Medieval Literature, ser. B, vol. 14.

Description
Presents translations of the "literature of medieval women from the fourth to the fourteenth century in a wide variety of genres: letters, travel accounts, lyrics, and religious works. Writers include Egeria, Dhuoda, Hrotswitha, Anna Comnena, Marie de France, the women troubadours, Hildegard of Bingen, Mechthild, Julian of Norwich, and Christine de Pizan." Includes short biographical introductions.

Chaucer Subjects
Background and General Criticism.