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Female Readers and the Sources of the
Mirror to Devout People - The Journal of Medieval Religious Cultures
- Penn State University Press
- Volume 42, Number 2, 2016
- pp. 181-200
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In the early fifteenth century there was increased interest in devotional writing by the laity in England. Educated women of the aristocratic classes were often interested in the commissioning of religious texts and had connections to religious houses and their books. This article focuses on two families, the Chaworths and the Scropes, who were known for their book collections. It also focuses on a book they owned, the