Compilation and miscellany manuscripts were widely owned in the late middle ages, by both the laity and the clergy. Here, their possible influence on Julian of Norwich's Revelations is explored. The
Written in a time of plague and persecution, Julian of Norwich's Revelation of Love grapples with the problem of evil and the challenge it presents to those who wish to believe in a loving God. In thi
One of the earliest Low Country authors to write in the vernacular, Hadewijch (1210-60) pioneered a Middle Dutch variant of three genres that had only been expressed in Latin before: religious letter,
New essays demonstrate Gower's mastery of the three languages of medieval England, and examine the cultural re-definitions which his translations of literary traditions and languages achieved.