The Doctrine of the Hert A Critical Edition with Introduction and Commentary

by Whitehead, Christiania; Renevey, Denis; Mouron, Anne

• ISBN13: 9780859897778
• ISBN10: 085989777X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-07-15
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press

Summary

This volume makes available for the first time a critical edition ofThe Doctrine of the Hert, a fifteenth-century English-language translation ofDe doctrina cordis,which was a thirteenth-century Latin devotional treaty addressed to nuns. Offering a full textual commentary, this edition of theDoctrinaalso provides an introduction that not only examines current thinking on the treatise's authorship and envisioned primary audience, but also takes advantage of recent scholarly breakthroughs in our understanding of late medieval female spirituality.

Author Biography

Denis Renevey is professor of Old and Middle English at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland. Christiania Whitehead is senior lecturer in medieval English literature at the University of Warwick. Anne Mouron is a fellow in English at Greyfriars, University of Oxford.