Writing Religious Women: Female Spiritual and Textual Practice in Late Medieval England »

Denis Renevey is Lecturer in Medieval English Literature at the Universities of Fribourg and Lausanne. Christiania Whitehead is Lecturer in Medieval English Literature at the University of Warwick.

This collection of commissioned essays explores women's vernacular theology through a wide range of medieval prose and verse texts, from saints' lives to visionary literature.

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This volume broadens the knowledge base about English medieval culture by providing access to some lesser known or utilized texts and by "resituating" other better-known texts into "vernacular textual practice and production." The authors evaluate and analyze texts such as Julian of Norwich's , , and . Topics of investigation include the conceptions of the female body in religious lyrics, and the veneration of virgin martyrs. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)