1st Edition

Empowering Collaborations Writing Partnerships between Religious Women and Scribes in the Middle Ages

By Kimberley Benedict Copyright 2004
    156 Pages 11 B/W Illustrations
    by Routledge

    156 Pages 11 B/W Illustrations
    by Routledge

    This study examines partnerships between medieval women and scribes. Kimberly Benedict argues that medieval female visionaries often play prominent roles in collaboration while their male amanuenses serves as supports and foils.

    Introduction 1. Precedents 2. Genre 3. Mediation 4. Sexuality 5. Revisionary Histories

    Biography

    Kimberley Benedict received her Ph.D. in English from Stanford University in 2001.