Medieval Women's Writing

Acknowledgements vi

A Note on the Texts viii

Introduction 1

1 Christina of Markyate (c.1096–after 1155) 19

2 Marie de France ( fl . 1180) 39

3 Legends and Lives of Women Saints (Late Tenth to Mid-Fifteenth Centuries) 63

4 Julian of Norwich (1342/3–after 1416) 91

5 Margery Kempe (c.1373–after 1439) 116

6 The Paston Letters (1440–1489) 136

Afterword 157

Notes 161

Suggestions for Further Reading 176

Index 203