Readings

In addition to a complete bibliography of readings in the course, readings assigned  by class session are available.

Required Texts

Platt, Rutherford Hayes, and J. Alden Brett, eds. The Lost Books of the Bible and the Forgotten Books of Eden. New York: Plume, 1974. (LBB)

Petroff, Elizabeth Alvilda, ed. Medieval Women's Visionary Literature. New York, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1986. (MWVL)

McNamara, Jo Ann, John E. Halborg, and Gordon Whatley, eds. Sainted Women of the Dark Ages. Durham: Duke University Press, 1992. (SWDA)

Barsby, John, tr. Terence. Cambridge: Harvard University Press - Loeb Classics, 2001.

Hrotsvit of Gandersheim. A Florilegium of Her Works. Translated by Katharina M. Wilson. Cambridge: Boydell & Brewer, 1998.

Hildegard of Bingen. Scivias. Translated by Columba Hart, and Jane Bishop. New York, Mahwah: Paulist Press, 1990.

Abelard, and Heloise. The Letters of Abelard and Heloise. Translated by Betty Radice. London: Penguin, 1974.

Bogin, Meg, ed. The Women Troubadours. New York: W. W. Norton, 1980.

Marie de France. The Lais of Marie de France. Translated by Robert Hanning, and Joan Ferrante. Durham NC: Labyrinth Press, 1978.

Christine de Pizan. The Book of the City of Ladies. Translated by Earl Jeffrey Richards. New York: Persea Books, 1982.

Willard, Charity Cannon, ed. The Writings of Christine de Pizan. New York: Persea Books, 1993.

Joan of Arc. In Her Own Words. Translated by Willard Trask. New York: B. O. O. K. S. and Co., 1996.

Julian of Norwich. Showings. Edited by Edmund Colledge. New York: Paulist Press, 1977.

Kempe, Margery. The Book of Margery Kempe. Translated by B. A. Windeatt. New York and London: Penguin,1985.

Readings by Class Session