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.

Stay connected

Latest blog posts

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’),...

18.03.25

Leoba (c. 710 –782), the first named English woman poet

by Sophia D’Ignazio Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Cod. Lat. Vindobonensis 751, f....