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

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.