| Women, Reading, and Piety in Late Medieval England Contributor(s): Erler, Mary C. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521024579 ISBN-13: 9780521024570 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $57.94 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 2006 Annotation: Mary Erler traces networks of female book ownership and exchange which have so far been obscure, and shows how women were responsible for owning as well as circulating devotional books. Seven narratives of individual women who lived between 1350 and 1550 are enclosed by an overview of nuns' reading and their surviving books, and a survey of women who owned the first printed books in England. An appendix lists a number of books not previously attributed to female ownership. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Medieval - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Dewey: 274.205 |
| LCCN: 2001043945 |
| Series: Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature |
| Physical Information: 0.55" H x 6" W x 9" (0.80 lbs) 244 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) - Cultural Region - British Isles - Sex & Gender - Feminine |