Literary Agency of Medieval Women: Kunigund Niklasin and the Library of St. Catherine's in Nuremberg

Contributor(s): Poor, Sara S (Author)

ISBN: 9780198993636

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Hardcover

$105.00

Pub Date: October 5, 2026

Lexile Code: 0000

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 0.00" H x 0.00" L x 0.00" W ( 0.00 lbs) 224 pages

BISAC Categories:

Literary Criticism | Ancient and Classical | History | Europe | Medieval

Descriptions, Reviews, etc.

Description: Sara S. Poor provides a welcome alternative to an understanding of religious women's agency as resistance or transgression, as she explores an expanded notion of authorship and agency through the writing activity of prolific scribe and librarian and nun, Kunigund Niklasin (d. 1457).

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