Women's Literary Culture and the Medieval Canon

Over the last three decades medieval women's writing has become a significant focus of scholarly research. This project looks at the importance of considering women's engagement with literature in understanding the established canon.

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26.03.25

Hild of Whitby (c.614 to c.680), literary patron

by Peter Mackie Bede’s Ecclesiastical History (Caedmon’s Hymn) in Oxford, Magdalen College,...

19.03.25

Julian of Norwich (1343-after 1416), mystical writer and the first woman writer in English

by Ayoush Lazikani Julian of Norwich’s Revelations of Divine Love (the ‘Long Text’),...