By Diane Watt, University of Surrey Hugeburc’s name is hidden in a cipher in Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Codex latinus monacensis (Clm) 1086, fol. 71v. Wikimedia Commons. The project Women’s Literary History before the Conquest identifies early authors whose position as foremothers in the canon of English women’s writers has been overlooked for too long. Two of the most […]
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I will be taking part in the roundtable discussion, Press for Progress: Medieval Studies and Feminism. Booking information here.
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By Diane Watt, University of Surrey Cardiff, Central Library, MS 1.381, fol.94r. Decorated initial marking the beginning of the lections for St Hildelith (c) Diane Watt. In Cardiff, Central Library, MS 1.381, a life of the fifth-sixth century Breton saint Winwaloe, abbot of Landévennec (fols.1r-80v) is bound together with a collection of lives of the saints […]
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Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna. Image copyright Diane Watt. Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Cod. Lat. Vindobonensis 751 (the Vienna Boniface Codex), which dates to the second half of the ninth century, is one of the most significant manuscripts in the history of English women’s literary history. Included within a collection of letters relating to St Boniface (672-754) and his […]
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Centre for the Study of the Middle Ages Seminar series Co-hosted with the Centre for Literary Editing and Materiality of the Text Title: Women’s Literary Culture before the Conquest Location 201 – Arts Building Date Tuesday 28th November 2017 (17:00-19:00) I will deliver the Centre for the Study of the Middle Ages seminar, talking about the […]
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