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The story of Dame Juliana Berners, an accomplished sportswoman and devout Catholic nun. Dame Juliana was the first to document the habits of fish and other wildlife, and is also credited as the inventor of fly fishing.
Women's writing in any period remains of critical concern, both at undergraduate and postgraduate level. Alexandra Barratt's edition offers a wide range of texts from the period 1300-1500, including: Original texts written by women in the Middle Ages Texts translated by women in the Middle Ages Prayers, meditations, scriptural comment, and accounts of religious experiences Educational writings Romance, poetry Each poem is given a headnote, giving details of composition, manuscript and sources. Full on-page annotation is provided giving details of allusions to contemporary religious, historical and social issues. A general introduction gives context to all the pieces and provides a penetrating account of the role of women in a burgeoning society of literary and cultural transmission.
An annotated facsimile of Juliana Berners's Treatise, with fly patterns and a translation from Old English.
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