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[An] admirable collection. . For anyone interested in what Wogan-Browne calls ""the historiography of female community"", nuns' libraries and literacy, and Barking abbey itself, this first-class collection of essays is essential reading. CATHOLIC HISTORICAL REVIEW Essays on the texts produced at Barking Abbey - one of the most important centres for writings in the Middle Ages.

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Author:   Jennifer N Brown (Contributor) ,  Donna Alfano Bussell (Customer) ,  Alexandra Barratt ,  Anne Bagnall Yardley (Contributor)
Publisher:   York Medieval Press
Imprint:   York Medieval Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.001kg
ISBN:  

9781903153437

ISBN 10:   1903153433
Pages:   350
Publication Date:   15 November 2012
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction: Barking's Lives, the Abbey and its Abbesses Barking's Monastic School, Late Seventh to Early Twelfth Century: History, Saint Making and Literary Culture - Stephanie Hollis The Saint-Maker and the Saint: Hildelith Creates Ethelburg - Lisa M.C. Weston Goscelin of Saint-Bertin and the Translation Ceremony for Saints Ethelburg, Hildelith, and Wulfhild - Kay Slocum 'The Ladies Have Made Me Quite Fat': Authors and Patrons at Barking Abbey - Thomas O'Donnell 'Sun num n'i vult dire a ore': Identity Matters at Barking Abbey - Delbert W. Russell 'Ce qu'ens li trovat, eut en sei': On the Equal Chastity of Queen Edith and King Edward in the Nun of Barking's La Vie d'Edouard Le Confesseur - Thelma Fenster Body, Gender, and Nation in the Lives of Edward the Confessor - Jennifer N. Brown Clemence and Catherine: The Life of St Catherine in its Norman and Anglo-Norman Context - Diane Auslander Cicero, Aelred and Guernes: The Politics of Love in Clemence of Barking's Catherine - Donna Alfano Bussell The Authority of Diversity: Communal Patronage in Le Gracial - Emma Berat Keeping Body and Soul Together: The Charge to the Barking Cellaress - Alexandra Barratt Rhythmic Liturgy, Embodiment and Female Authority in Barking's Easter Plays - Jill Stevenson Liturgy as the Site of Creative Engagement: Contributions of the Nuns of Barking - Anne Bagnall Yardley Afterword: Barking and the Historiography of Female Community - Jocelyn Wogan-Browne Bibliography

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To be welcomed as a significant study of female literacy and monastic life in the Middle Ages. ENGLISH A strong resource. MAGISTRA 19.1, Summer 2013 [E]minent scholars from various disciplines present a variety of topics and approaches, that, taken together, emphasize the abbey's importance. The result is a volume that merits a place alongside other works on women's religious culture in the Middle Ages. [...] Recommended. CHOICE

(E)minent scholars from various disciplines present a variety of topics and approaches, that, taken together, emphasize the abbey's importance. The result is a volume that merits a place alongside other works on women's religious culture in the Middle Ages. (...) Recommended. CHOICE

To be welcomed as a significant study of female literacy and monastic life in the Middle Ages. ENGLISH A strong resource. MAGISTRA 19.1, Summer 2013 (E)minent scholars from various disciplines present a variety of topics and approaches, that, taken together, emphasize the abbey's importance. The result is a volume that merits a place alongside other works on women's religious culture in the Middle Ages. (...) Recommended. CHOICE

A strong resource. MAGISTRA 19.1, Summer 2013 (E)minent scholars from various disciplines present a variety of topics and approaches, that, taken together, emphasize the abbey's importance. The result is a volume that merits a place alongside other works on women's religious culture in the Middle Ages. (...) Recommended. CHOICE

Author Information

JENNIFER N. BROWN is Professor of English and World Literatures at Marymount Manhattan College. JENNIFER N. BROWN is Professor of English and World Literatures at Marymount Manhattan College. KAY BRAINERD SLOCUM is Emerita Professor at Capital University, Ohio. THOMAS O'DONNELL is Associate Professor of English and Medieval Studies at Fordham University, New York, USA.

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