Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Contributors; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; PART 1: Women and Religious Communities; 1 Living Stones: Lady Elizabeth Russell and the Art of Sacred Conversation; 2 "Theise dearest offrings of my heart"; 3 Anne Dacre Howard, Countess of Arundel, and Catholic Patronage; 4 "Ensigne-Bearers of Saint Clare"; 5 Lady Anne Clifford and the Uses of Christian Warfare; PART 2: Reading Intertextual Prose Genres; 6 Prospecting for Common Ground in Devotion; 7 "Halff a Scrypture Woman."
8 Authority, Scripture, and Typography in Lady Grace Mildmay's Manuscript Meditations9 Lady Margaret Beaufort's Translations as Mirrors of Practical Piety; 10 "Nether bitterly nor brablingly"; Works Cited; Index
Summary
Focusing on Tudor and Jacobean women's religious literary activities, this volume explores the complex ways in which texts, authors and patrons responded to key religious, political, social and literary developments. The collection highlights the vitality of neglected genres such as prayers, meditations and translations, and it stresses the importance of women's engagement with both Catholic and Reformed religion during the period
