The Book of Gladness (ca. 1380) contains one of the most powerful, original, and influential pro-feminine voices of the late Middle Ages. In a spirited riposte to the misogynist tradition, Le Fevre (with the help of Gladness, his lady-persona) boldly reinterprets the Bible while…
"This work was never translated into English ; the only edition of the original French is over 100 years old. The is translation is lively and accessible, yet grounded in scholarship. Included is the first-ever English translation and discussion of a scribal interpolation on Chr…
"This work was never translated into English; the only edition of the original French is over 100 years old. The is translation is lively and accessible, yet grounded in scholarship. Included is the first-ever English translation and discussion of a scribal interpolation on Chri…
"This work was never translated into English; the only edition of the original French is over 100 years old. The is translation is lively and accessible, yet grounded in scholarship. Included is the first-ever English translation and discussion of a scribal interpolation on Chri…