Women the Book and the Godly Selected Proceedings of the St Hilda's Conference 1993

Taking a variety of critical approaches the papers in 'Women the Book and the Godly' analyse the subject of women and religion illustrating clearly the wealth of previously untapped material on this topic whether in archive manuscript or early printed source. The volume examines writing by women writing which excludes women and writing which ignores them as well as women readers women patrons and women who were read to. Archaeology canon and civil law and trial depositions are all represented. The common determinants of marital and social status are of course explored but so also are the problems of women and language women's various roles as creators recipients and objects and women's positions on the sliding scale between the orthodox the reforming and the heterodox churches. The essays thus represent something of the variety and range of work being done on medieval women today. Contributors: ALCUIN BLAMIRES JACQUELINE MURRAY WYBREN SCHEEPSMA ANNEM. DUTTON ROSALYNN VOADEN GRACE JANTZEN ELIZABETH A. ANDERSEN THOMAS LUONGO BENEDICTA WARD GOPA ROY GEORGES WHALEN CATHERINE INNES-PARKER HELEN PHILLIPS SHANNON McSHEFFREY PETER BILLER