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In:Latin Literatures of Medieval and Early Modern Times in Europe and Beyond: A millennium heritage
Edited by Francesco Stella
[Comparative History of Literatures in European Languages XXXIV] 2024
► pp. 487–497

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Chapter 29
Gendering authorship

The underestimated contribution of women writing in Latin

 | Columbia UniversityNew York
Published online: 2 July 2024
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https://doi.org/10.1075/chlel.34.29fer
Abstract
This contribution reviews the roles of women in medieval Latin literature (history, poetry and religious texts), as composers of texts and as inspirers or provokers of men’s texts. It also notes texts that are no longer extant but whose existence and sometimes quality is known because they are referred to in the works of men who received them.
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