Religion and Culture in the Middle Ages series The Milieu and Context of the Wohunge Group Edited by S. M. Chewning pp xvi240 216x138mm July 2009 hardback ISBN-10: 0-7083-2033-3 ISBN-13:978-0-7083-2033-4

This book brings together the most current interpretations of the Wohunge Group from scholars currently working on the fields of medieval spirituality, gender, and the anchoritic tradition, providing literary, theological, linguistic, and cultural context for the works associated with the Wohunge Group (a collection of texts in English written by an unknown author in the late twelfth to early thirteenth centuries). 

These works are unique in their context—written almost certainly for a group of women living as anchoresses and recluses who were literate in English and were interested in guidance both in spiritual and worldly issues.  The book discusses and explains the impact and significance of these works and situates them within the continuum of medieval theological and literary culture.  

Editor

Dr. Chewning is Assistant Professor of English at Union County College (USA). She is an established authority on the Wohunge Group, and has published for Ashgate and has also contributed to many edited collections for Boydell and Brewer and UWP (Anchorites, Wombs and Tombs).

For more information see http://www.uwp.co.uk