Barking Abbey and Medieval Literary Culture

Name: Barking Abbey and Medieval Literary Culture
Brand: York Medieval Press
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By Brown, Jennifer N

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Barking Abbey (founded c. 666) is hugely significant for those studying the literary production by and patronage of medieval women. It had one of the largest libraries of any English nunnery, and a history of women's education from the Anglo-Saxon period to the Dissolution; it was also the home of women writers of Latin and Anglo-Norman works, as well as of many Middle English manuscript books. The essays in this volume map its literary history, offering a wide-ranging examination of its liturgical, historio-hagiographical, devotional, doctrinal, and administrative texts, with a particular focus on the important hagiographies produced there during the twelfth century. It thus makes a major contribution to the literary and cultural history of medieval England and a rich resource for the teaching of women's texts. Professor Jennifer N. Brown teaches at Marymount Manhattan College; Professor Donna Alfano Bussell teaches at University of Illinois-Springfield. Contributors: Diane Auslander, Alexandra Barratt, Emma Bérat, Jennifer N. Brown, Donna A. Bussell, Thelma Fenster, Stephanie Hollis, Thomas O'Donnell, Delbert Russell, Jill Stevenson, Kay Slocum, Lisa Weston, Jocelyn Wogan-Browne, Anne B. Yardley

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Edition:: illustrated
Number of Pages:: 350
Release Date:: 2012-11-15
Publication Date:: 2012-11-01
Publisher:: York Medieval Press
Languages:: Original: English
ISBN10:: 1903153433
ISBN13:: 9781903153437
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:: [email protected]
Weight:: 690 g
Height:: 161 cm
Width:: 240 cm
Thickness:: 23 cm

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