After the NOrman conquest, women and the lower classes became the primary audiences for English, as opposed to Latin or French, literature. Among the works writ

The English literary canon is haunted by the figure of the lost woman writer. In our own age, she has been a powerful stimulus for the rediscovery of works writ

The author argues that in these devotional works (which appealed to a broad readership in late medieval England) Rolle successfully refines traditional affectiv

Drawing together social and medical history and literary studies, The Reproductive Unconscious in Late Medieval and Early Modern England studies the social prac

First published in 1998, this valuable reference work offers concise, expert answers to questions on all aspects of life and culture in Medieval England, includ