Medieval English Prose for Women: Selections from the Katherine Group and Ancrene Wisse by Jocelyn Wogan-Browne, Bella Millett

Studies in English Medieval Language and Literature

Medieval English Prose for Women: Selections from the Katherine Group and Ancrene Wisse

Jocelyn Wogan-Browne, Bella Millett

262 pages paperback 1990

2 editions

nonfiction history religion medium-paced
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The Ancrene Wisse, a guide for female recluses in the West Midlands in the early thirteenth century, and the closely related works of the "Katherine Group," offer vivid and fascinating insights into the religious life of the time. The difficulty o...

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