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Letters of Medieval Women. .(Book Review)(Brief Article)

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| February 01, 2003 | COPYRIGHT 1999 Contemporary Review Company Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Letters of Medieval Women. Anne Crawford. Sutton Publishing. [pounds sterling]20.00 (US$29.95). 262 pages. ISBN 0-750927984. To most people, letters from mediaeval women conjure up the Pastons and the Stonors but, as this collection shows, there are other surviving letters, most of which have, admittedly, been published before. This collection makes available to the general reader, as well as to the undergraduate, letters which have been published but which are not readily accessible, letters published only in their original French or Latin and some letters sent to the Royal Chancery which have never before been printed. In order to 'illuminate the condition of medieval women' …

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