The volume collects papers focusing on 'Medieval Translations and their Readership', the special strand of the XI Cardiff Conference on the Theory and practice
This study reveals how women’s visionary texts played a central role within medieval discourses of authorship, reading, and devotion. From the twelfth to the
This collection brings together twelve original essays by prominent medievalists which address problems posed by contemporary literary and cultural theory. Take
The transition from Latin to vernacular languages in the late Middle Ages and the dramatic rise of a new readership produced a huge bulk of translations, partic