Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgements ix
4. Abbreviations xiii
5. Introduction: Behealde ge wif: Addressing Women in Early Medieval England and Scotland 1
6. 1. Addressing Laywomen in Old English Sermons 15
7. 2. Addressing the Recluse in Aelred’s De institutione inclusarum and Goscelin’s Liber confortatorius 53
8. 3. Addressing Holy Women in the Life of Christina of Markyate and the Life of Margaret of Scotland 89
9. 4. Addressing Nuns in Goscelin’s Hagiography for Wilton and Barking Abbeys 129
10. Conclusion: Plebs ecclesiastice discipline: Addressing Women to Include and Exclude 169
11. Bibliography 177
12. Index 199