Posted on December 28, 2020
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While I’m working on a proper post I wanted to share a link to Jean Roberts’s book blog The Books Delight in which we chat about “history, the lovely city of York, writing, and [my] wonderful books.” Enjoy! https://www.thebookdelight.com/2020/12/author-interview-candace-robb.html
Posted on February 14, 2016
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It is my great pleasure to welcome Susan Signe Morrison to A Writers Retreat. Her new book, A Medieval Woman’s Companion: Women’s Lives in the European Middle Ages, just out from Oxbow Books, is a snappy, engaging exploration of remarkable individuals as well as… Continue Reading “"A Medieval Woman’s Companion" as Inspiration for Novelists”
Category: Medieval Culture, Writing Women's LivesTags: A Medieval Woman's Companion, Aethelthryth, Alice Perrers, Anna Komnene, Christina of Markyate, Christine de Pizan, Donna Jo Napoli, Edith, Emma of Normandy, Felicie de Almania, Freydis, Grendel’s Mother: The Saga of the Wyrd Wife, Hild, Hildegard von Bingen, Hrotsvit von Gandersheim, Joan of Kent, Katla, Marasaki Shikibu, Margaret of Beverley, Margery Kempe, Marguerite de Porete, Marie de France, medieval women, Melkorka, Na Prous Boneta, Nicola Griffith, Patricia Bracewell, Rebecca Barnhouse, Robert Glück, St. Catherine of Siena, St. Margaret of Scotland, Susan Signe Morrison, Thorgunna, Trota of Salerno
Posted on February 14, 2016
by candacerobbbooks
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It is my great pleasure to welcome Susan Signe Morrison to A Writers Retreat. Her new book, A Medieval Woman’s Companion: Women’s Lives in the European Middle Ages, just out from Oxbow Books, is a snappy, engaging exploration of remarkable individuals as well as… Continue Reading ““A Medieval Woman’s Companion” as Inspiration for Novelists”
Category: Medieval Culture, Writing Women's LivesTags: A Medieval Woman's Companion, Aethelthryth, Alice Perrers, Anna Komnene, Christina of Markyate, Christine de Pizan, Donna Jo Napoli, Edith, Emma of Normandy, Felicie de Almania, Freydis, Grendel’s Mother: The Saga of the Wyrd Wife, Hild, Hildegard von Bingen, Hrotsvit von Gandersheim, Joan of Kent, Katla, Marasaki Shikibu, Margaret of Beverley, Margery Kempe, Marguerite de Porete, Marie de France, medieval women, Melkorka, Na Prous Boneta, Nicola Griffith, Patricia Bracewell, Rebecca Barnhouse, Robert Glück, St. Catherine of Siena, St. Margaret of Scotland, Susan Signe Morrison, Thorgunna, Trota of Salerno
Posted on January 25, 2016
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I think you will enjoy a post I wrote for the Women’s Literary Culture and the Medieval Canon network, an international network funded by the Leverhulme Trust and centered at the University of Surrey. I feel it a great honor to be invited to… Continue Reading “Embodying Medieval Women”
My recent interview with Michael Evans seems like a companion piece to this interview, originally posted in January, so I thought I’d repost it for those who missed it. Enjoy! I’m back today with Elena “Ellie” Woodacre, editor of the recently published collection Queenship… Continue Reading “Q&A with Elena Woodacre (part 2 of 2)”
Category: Writing Women's LivesTags: Alice Perrers, Authority and Gender in Medieval and Renaissance Chronicles, Elena Woodacre, János Bak, Leonor of Navarre, Mary Tudor, Queens of Jerusalem, queenship, Queenship in the Mediterranean, The Queens Regnant of Navarre, Theresa Earenfight