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Medieval Women to improve/ create

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AEthelthrythReferences and Sources section being separate is somewhat confusing.

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Christina of Markyaten/an/a
Elizabeth Pastonn/an/a
Christina of Markyaten/an/a
Heloise
  • French speakers can find much to translate from French wikipedia into English
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Hilde
  • Related work on the Caedmon article, with regards to historicity by Lees and Overing.[1] they call the Caedmon story a 'patriarchal myth' p. 26.
  • Lees and Overing note that 'Caedmon is the so-called "father" of English poetry', and discuss that 'the elevation of an illiterate laborer Caedmon to divinely inspired poet (and almost saint) has acquired the quasimythological status of an originary narrative'.[2]
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Hildegard of Bingenn/an/a
Isotta NogarolaClaire 75 worked on this in 2018n/a
Margaret (the Lame) of Magdeburg (ca. 1210-1250)n/an/a
Margery Kempen/a
  • Sarah Salih, Versions of Virginity in Late Medieval England (D.S. Brewer, 2001)
  • Laura Varnam, ‘The crucifix, the Pietà, and the female mystic: Devotional objects and performative identity in The Book of Margery Kempe’. Journal of Medieval Religious Cultures 41 (2015): 208-237.
  • Laura Varnam, ‘The Importance of St Margaret's Church in 'The Book of Margery Kempe': A Sacred Place and an Exemplary Parishioner’. Nottingham Medieval Studies (2017)
  • Williams, Laura K. ""Slayn for Goddys lofe": Margery Kempe's Melancholia and the Bleeding of Tears." Medieval Feminist Forum 52.1 (2016) : 84-100
Pega* Add content from primary sources to flesh out details of her life, plus can include a few citations of contemporary scholars.
  • Fiona J. Griffiths, 'Siblings and the Sexes Within the Medieval Religious Life' Church History 77.1 (2008), 26-53
  • Wiesje Nijenhuis, 'In a Class of Their Own, Anglo-Saxon Female Saints', Mediaevistik 14 (2001), 125-48
  • Walter de Gray Birch, Memorials of St Guthlac of Crowland (Wisbech: 1881)
  • Robin Norris, 'The Augustinian Theory of Use and Enjoyment in “Guthlac A” and “B”', Neuphilologische Mitteilungen, 104.2 (2003), 159-178
  • Primary sources: Chronicon ex chronicis (1140); Felix’s Life of Saint Guthlac: Text, Translation and Notes, ed. Bertram Colgrave (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009); MS. Dd. Xi. 78, University Library, Cambridge; Harley Roll Y6, Roundel 15, BL; Jane Roberts, The Guthlac Poems of the Exeter Book (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1979)
Tamta Mqargrdzelin/a
  • Anthony Eastmond, Tamta’s World: The Life and Encounters of a Medieval Noblewoman from the Middle East to Mongolia (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2017)
Guntrudn/a
  • Brief mention found here: Verhoeve, Yves-Mary. “LE ROYAUME LOMBARD ET LES DUCHÉS : FORMES ET MOYENS D'UNE INTÉGRATION PROGRESSIVE.” Médiévales, no. 51, 2006, pp. 21–36.
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Wikidata Redlist

The #MedievalWiki Wikidata Redlist shows women from across the globe who lived between 400-1600 CE.

Women in Green list

Check out the Women in Green list: several medieval women's pages flagged as pages to turn into Good Articles. See good article criteria here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Good_article_criteria

Medieval Texts/ Histories/ Material Culture to improve/ create

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Anglo-Saxon riddles
  • Suggest structural reorganisation, thinking about adaptations and variety of translations, and taking into account new scholarship.
  • Reference to The Riddle Ages blog
Bayeux Tapestry
  • Gale Owen Crocker's work on embroidery
Beowulf
  • Suggest that 'Translations' section is given its own page?
  • Update of information to include more recent work by women across entire page
  • Bear in mind existence of page 'list of artistic depictions of Beowulf'. Translations and artistic depictions of Beowulf?
The Canterbury Tales
  • Patience Agbabi in 'adaptations'
  • Caroline Bergvall in 'adaptations' [NB: Hard to find a source for this, please note if you can!]
  • Marvin Gaye Chetwynd in 'versions' or 'adaptations'
Commentarii in Somnium Scipionis
Katherine Group
  • so much to add here! Sarah Salih, etc.
Norse mythology
  • Update with information with recent scholarly work by women
Old English rune poem
  • Maureen Halsall is featured on this page, however further interpretations and references can be added from her major book on the poem.
Opus Anglicanum
Ravenser Odd
  • Very short article. Any new information that can be added following Kathryn Maude's project?
The Seafarer (poem)
  • General problems with structure, and update of interpretation sections
Sutton Hoo
  • Mercie Lack and Barbara Wagstaff, photographers
  • Work of Angela Care Evans as curator at British Museum
  • Helen Geake
  • Sue Brunning as curator at British Museum
  • Sutton Hoo Society
Wulf and Eadwacer
  • To add section on translations and adaptations: Kevin Crossley-Holland, Michael Alexander, Paul Muldoon, Fiona Sampson, Vahni Capildeo, Burton Raffel, FEN, Hamish Clayton, Blood Axis, Kerry Carnahan,
  • Generally lacking in recent work by women across entire page. Update to include work by Marijane Osborne, Jane Chance, Stacy Klein, Marilynn Desmond, Christine Fell, Shari Horner, Helen Bennett.
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Contemporary scholars and artists to improve/ create

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Note that some of these women have well developed pages, but missing references to work in medieval studies or medievalism.

Please observe alphabetical by first name listing. Names that appear in red require pages created for them.

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Angela Care Evansn/a
Antonette diPaolo Healeyn/a
Barbara Hanawaltn/a
Carol Braun Pasternackn/a
Caroline Bergvalln/a
Carolyne Larringtonn/a
Charlotte Rouechén/a
Clare Leesn/a
Dyan Elliottn/a
Elizabeth A. Clarkn/a
E. Ann Mattern/a
Elizabeth JeffreysByzantine Historian
Émilienne DemougeotPage requires expansion
Eva Matthews Sanfordn/a
Fiona Sampsonn/a
Geraldine Hengn/a
Haruko Momman/a
Heather O'Donoghuen/a
Henrietta Leysern/a
Janet BatelyMajor expansion needed
Julia Crickn/a
Julia Hillnern/a
Julia Smithn/a
Karla Pollmannn/a
Lavinia Greenlawn/a
Lellia Cracco Rugginin/a
Lisa C. M. Westonn/a
Liz Herbert McAvoyn/a
Liz Jamesn/a
Madeline H. Cavinessn/a
Margaret Wade Labargen/a
Marie Kellehern/a
Marijane Osborn
  • Add ref. to her work on page Translations and interpretations of Beowulf.
  • Add ref. to her work on various Medieval pages: Anglo-Saxon runes, interpretation of the Wanderer, Medieval Romance.
  • Find evidence of her early Film making
Maureen Duffyn/a
Maureen Tilleyn/a
Marvin Gaye Chetwyndn/a
Monica Green (historian)Page needs expanding, partic on her important work on medieval medicine, genetics, women's health
Nancy Campbelln/a
Patricia Cox Millern/a
Patience Agbabin/a
Rosalind LoveCreated Feb 2020, but need to add much more!
Ruth Deann/a
Sharon Morrisn/a
Sonia Chadwick Hawkesn/a
Susanna Elmn/a
Tai Shanin/a
Vahni Capildeon/a
Vera I. Evison(obituary; Festschrift; Scholia)
Virginia Burrusn/a
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Barbara Raw, Professor Emeritus of the University of Keelen/a
Bonnie Wheelern/a
Candace Barrington NCS President (til 2026)n/a
Professor Elizabeth Robertsonn/a
E. Jane Burnsn/a
Emma Dillonn/a
Jo Ann MacNamaran/a
Kate Mary Warren, lecturer at Westfield College, University of London circa 1909.
Laurie Finken/a
Leonie HicksHas written a book on the Normans
Louise Wilkinson - Professor of Medieval Studies, University of Lincolnn/a
Margot H King, translator of biographies of C13th holy women - incl. Christina Mirabilis, Marie of Oignies, Lutgard of Aywières
  • Involved with 1980s feminist publishing house Peregrina Publishing (Toronto)?
  • Compiler (with Ludo Jongen) of The Holy Women of Liège: A Bibliography
  • Died 2018
  • Obituary
Meghan Purvisn/a
Michelle M. Sauern/a
Nellie Slayton Aurnern/a
Queynte Laydiesn/a
Roberta (Bonnie) Kruegern/a
Ruth Evans (medievalist) former president of NCSn/a
Sarah Salihn/a
Sarah Stanburyn/a
Sonia Marzinzikn/a
Sue Margeson(Guardian obituary, Scholia profile)
Susan Crane (medievalist) former President of NCSn/a
Thelma Fenstern/a
Valerie Fenwick
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Red List from Wikidata

Go to Wikipedia:WikiProject MedievalWiki/Wikidata Contemporary Scholars List for a list of contemporary women medievalists who do not have pages on English Wikipedia.

Journals, Societies, and Research Projects

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Dictionary of Old English

  • Information to be added regarding editors and scholarly work done associated with the project.

Society for Medieval Feminist Scholarship

  • More on committee history, significant events, and prize winners.

New Chaucer Society

  • Information on history, committee, and the journal, 'Studies in the Age of Chaucer'.

International Society for the Study of Early Medieval England

References

If you create any citations on this page, they will appear below.

  1. [1]
    Lees, Clare A.; Overing, Gillian R. (2001). Double agents : women and clerical culture in Anglo-Saxon England. Philadelphia: Univ. of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 0812236289.
  2. [2]
    Lees, Clare A.; Overing, Gillian R. (2001). Double agents : women and clerical culture in Anglo-Saxon England. Philadelphia: Univ. of Pennsylvania Press. p. 11. ISBN 0812236289.
  3. [3]
    Warren, Mary. "Treasury".
  4. [4]
    Warren, Mary. "Piers the Plowman".

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