Medieval Porousness

“The surprising feminist argument woven through The Permeable Self is that women could gain a voice by losing some of their selfhood. Ambitious women in the late Middle Ages were aware of St Paul’s injunctions against their preaching or teaching. The trick was to teach or preach while claiming not to.”

The London Review of Books, March 2023

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