Women's writing in any period remains of critical concern, both at undergraduate and postgraduate level. Alexandra Barratt's edition offers a wide range of texts from the period 1300-1500, including:

• Original texts written by women in the Middle Ages


• Texts translated by women in the Middle Ages


• Prayers, meditations, scriptural comment, and accounts of religious experiences


• Educational writings


• Romance, poetry

Each poem is given a headnote, giving details of composition, manuscript and sources. Full on-page...