A Companion to 'The Doctrine of the Hert' The

The Doctrine of the Hertis a fifteenth-century Middle English translation ofDe doctrina cordis, a thirteenth-century Latin devotional treatise addressed to nuns. Despite its medieval popularity,The Doctrine of the Herthad largely escaped the attention of scholars until recently, yet it has much to contribute to our understanding of late medieval female spirituality. This volume consists of ten essays from an international group of medieval religious scholars who discuss the Middle English text alongside its Latin forebear and other European vernacular translations.

Denis Renevey is professor in the Department of Medieval English Literature and Language at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland. Christiania Whitehead is senior lecturer in medieval English literature at the University of Warwick. The two have previously coedited Writing Religious Women: Female Spiritual and Textual Practices in Late Medieval England, and, with Anne Mouron, The Doctrine of the Hert: A Critical Edition with Introduction and Commentary.

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A Companion to 'The Doctrine of the Hert' The Middle English Translation and its Latin and European Contexts

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