Barking Abbey and Medieval Literary Culture

[An] admirable collection. . For anyone interested in what Wogan-Browne calls "the historiography of female community", nuns' libraries and literacy, and Barking abbey itself, this first-class collection of essays is essential reading. CATHOLIC HISTORICAL REVIEW Essays on the texts produced at Barking Abbey - one of the most important centres for writings in the Middle Ages. Barking Abbey (founded c. 666) is hugely significant for those studying the literary production by and patronage of mediev