Medieval Reading (Online) by
Argues that the reading of classical literature was profoundly shaped by the demands of acquiring Latin literacy through the arts of grammar and rhetoric.
Women, Reading, and Piety in Late Medieval England by
Traces networks of female book ownership and exchange which have so far been obscure, and shows how women were responsible for both owning and circulating devotional books.
Women and Literature in Britain, 1150-1500 by
Focuses on the questions of women's access to a written culture in medieval Britain and their representation within it.
Women Readers in the Middle Ages by
Shows that, after clerics and monks, religious women were the main bearers of written culture and its expansion in the Middle Ages.
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