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Female Devotion and the Vercelli Book
- Author(s):
- Mary Dockray-Miller (see profile)
- Date:
- 2004
- Group(s):
- Anglo-Saxon / Old English, Early Medieval, LLC Old English
- Subject(s):
- Literature, Medieval, Women's studies
- Item Type:
- Article
- Tag(s):
- Early medieval, Old English, Women readers, Medieval literature
- Permanent URL:
- http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/M6ZH4H
- Abstract:
- When the Vercelli Book is examined within the horizon of contemporary women’s studies and feminist theory, it can be described as a manuscript intended for a specifically female reader to be read as part of her private religious practice. This essay places Vercelli MS 17 in the context of literate and learned women in Anglo-Saxon England, focusing on the content of the textual selections, the specific address to a female reader in homily seven, and the erasure of a woman’s name on folio 41 verso.
- Metadata:
- xml
- Published as:
- Journal article
- Status:
- Published
- Last Updated:
- 6 years ago
- License:
- All Rights Reserved
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