Julia A Bolton

A Family at War - The Talbots of Little Gaddesden

A Family at War - The Talbots of Little Gaddesden Brought up surrounded by aristocratic relatives the four Talbot siblings of Little Gaddesden House in Hertfordshire, England lived a life of luxury and privilege - until the start of the Great War of 1914 that changed their lives and that of their so...

Saint Bride and her Book (Library of Medieval Women)

Saint Birgitta of Sweden (canonised in 1391) is one of the most important female figures of medieval Europe. She participated vigorously in its political life, attempting through her writings to end the Hundred Years War between England and France, and to strengthen the Papacy against the Schism; sh...

Aurora Leigh and Other Poems (Penguin Classics)

Aurora Leigh (1856), Elizabeth Barrett Browning's epic novel in blank verse, tells the story of the making of a woman poet, exploring 'the woman question', art and its relation to politics and social oppression. The texts in this selection are based in the main on the earliest printed versions of t...

Brunetto Latini: an analytic bibliography (Research Bibliographies and Checklists)

The Life of Saint Birgitta of Sweden (Peregrina Translation Series)

Lo, How I Love Thee! : Divine Love in Julian of Norwich

This book is a new edition of the first published study of Julian's theology and mysticism. In it the author explores Julian's remarkable theology of love, the historical and biblical influences on her work, her important similarities to Eastern Orthodox spirituality, and practical implications for ...

Twice-Told Tales: Brunetto Latino and Dante Alighieri (American University Studies 4: English Language and Literatu)

Twice-Told Tales presents the life and writings of Dante Alighieri's maestro, the Florentine notary and diplomat, Brunetto Latino. The book first discusses archival documents found in Florence, the Vatican Secret Archives, Genoa, England and elsewhere, which were written by or which name Brunetto La...

Showing of Love

In Showing of Love, Julia Bolton Holloway provides a complete translation of Julian of Norwich's ground-breaking text, opening windows of insight into her medieval world.As a female mystic and theologian who was uniquely recognized (in a time when most women were not) for her holiness, Julian of Nor...