Using a dialogue format, contributors to this collection of essays outline key issues in the cultural history of medieval women. Many of the essays in this volume provide compelling evidence that women in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages achieved an accomplished form of literacy, and became actively involved in literary networks of textual production and exchange. These essays also present new research on questions of the literacy and authorship of historical women. In so doing they demonstrate that medieval women, like many medieval men, did not read and write in isolation, but were...

A journalist/editor and an educator join forces to bring grammar back into style. These two authors believe that our grammar can affect the way we feel about ourselves and the way others react to us. They maintain that a person's choice of words reflects his or her self-image and that the poor use of grammar can lead to negative reactions and responses from others. Grammar is an extension of ourselves. Correct grammar can be used to maximize our potential and aid us in the pursuit of our goals by reflecting self-confidence and self-competency.