Description: Wide-ranging examination of women's achievements in and influence on many aspects of medieval culture.
Brief description: NICHOLAS WATSON teaches English at Harvard University. His research focuses on medieval English and North European literature, intellectual history, visionary writing and the role of the written vernacular.
Review Quotes: It provides a clear path forward for scholars working at the intersections of gender, power, leadership, and the history of ideas to do so by reinscribing the historically occluded presence and influence of women in these areas of cultural influence and impact.-- "RELIGION & LITERATURE"