WRITERS LIVING BETWEEN 1401 AND 1500

• Almada, Filipa de (fl. 1481)
• Beaufort, Margaret, Countess of Richmond and Derby, 1443-1509 (May 31, 1443 - June 29, 1509) ; Wikipedia
• Bijns, Anna (1493 - 1575) ; Wikipedia
• Catharine, of Aragon, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1485-1536 (1485 - 1536)
• Catherine, of Bologna, Saint, 1413-1463 [aka Caterina dei Vigri; Santa Caterina Vegri] (1413 - 1463)
• Catherine, of Genoa, Saint, 1447-1510 [aka La Beata Catterina; Catherine Fieschi Adorni] (1447 - 1510) ; More Information
  • Life and Doctrine of Saint Catherine of Genoa (with biographical material by unknown author) (HTML and other formats at CCEL)
  • Treatise on purgatory; tr. from the original Italian, with a preface by Cardinal Manning. (London, Burns, [1858]) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Cely, Margery (fl. 1484)
• Cereta, Laura, 1469-1499 (1469 - 1499) ; More Information ; Wikipedia
• Christine, de Pisan, approximately 1364-approximately 1431 [aka Christine de Pizan] (ca. 1364 - ca. 1431) ; Concordance ; More Information ; More Information ; More Information
  • The body of polycye. (Amsterdam, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum; New York, Da Capo Press, 1971) (page images at HathiTrust)
  • Boke of the Fayt of Armes and of Chyualrye (Westminster: W. Caxton, 1489) (at page images at loc.gov)
  • The Book of Peace (PDF files at PSU)
  • The Book of the Duke of True Lovers (London: Chatto and Windus, 1908) (multiple formats at archive.org)
  • The book of the duke of true lovers. (London : Chatto and Windus, [1908?]) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
  • The book of the duke of true lovers: now first tr. from the Middle French of Christine de Pisan: with an introduction: by Alice Kemp-Welch. The ballads rendered into the original metres by Laurence Binyon & Eric R.D. Maclagan. (London, Chatto & Windus, 1909) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
  • The book of the Duke of true lovers: now first translated from the Middle French of Christine de Pisan, with an introduction: by Alice Kemp-Welch. The ballads rendered into the original metres by Laurence Binyon & Eric R. D. Maclagan. (London, Chatto and Windus, 1908) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
  • The Epistle of Othea to Hector: or, The Boke of Knyghthode (London: J. B. Nichols and Sons, 1904) (multiple formats at archive.org)
  • Le livre du chemin de long estude; publié pour la première fois d'après sept manuscrits de Paris, de Bruxelles et de Berlin par Robert Püschel. (Berlin, R. Damköhler, [1887]) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
  • Oeuvres poétiques de Christine de Pisan, publiées par Maurice Roy ... (Paris, Firmin Didot & cie, 1886-96) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
  • The Song of Joan of Arc (online edition, with excerpted records of the trials) (HTML at Indiana)
  • The Song of Joan of Arc (Ditie de Jehanne d'Arc) (English translation with French original) (HTML at maidofheaven.com)
• Ciaperelli, Costanza (ca. 1410 - )
• Clèves, Marie de, 1426-1487 (1426 - 1487)
• Colonna, Vittoria, 1492-1547 (1490 - February 25, 1547) ; More Information ; More Information ; Wikipedia
  • Amaro Lagrimar: The Poems of Vittoria Colonna (in English and Italian) (HTML and page images at jimandellen.org)
  • Rime di M. Vittoria Colonna d'Avalo, marchesana di Pescara, di nuovo date in luce da Antonio Bulifon. (Napoli, A spese di A. Bulifon, 1692) (page images at HathiTrust)
  • Sonette der Victoria Colonna / mit deutscher üebersetzung von Bertha Arndts ... (Schaffhausen : Fr. Hurter'sche Buchhandlung, 1858) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Curtis, Ella J. [aka Shirley Smith] (185 - 1910)
  • A Game of Chance: A Novel (3 volumes; London: Hurst and Blackett, 1889)
    • Volume I: multiple formats at archive.org
    • Volume II: multiple formats at archive.org
    • Volume III: multiple formats at archive.org
    • all 3 volumes; page images at HathiTrust; US access only
• Dentière, Marie, 1495-1561 [aka Marie d'Ennetieres] (ca. 1495 - 1561) ; Wikipedia
• Eleanore, of Scotland, Archduchess, consort of Sigmund, Archduke of Austria, 1433-1480 [aka von Österreich Eleonore] (1433 - 1480)
• Elisabeth, Gräfin von Nassau-Saarbrücken, approximately 1395-1455 or 1456 (ca. 1395 - 1456)
• Fedele, Cassandra, 1465?-1558 (ca. 1465 - 1558) ; More Information
• Filleul, Jeanne (1424 - 1498)
• Galindo, Beatriz, approximately 1465-1535 [aka La Latina] (ca. 1465 - November 23, 1535) ; Wikipedia
• Gàmbara, Veronica, 1485-1550 [aka Veronica Gambara] (November 29, 1485 - June 13, 1550) ; More Information ; More Information ; Wikipedia
  • Rime e lettere di Veronica Gambara, raccolte da Felice Rizzardi. (Brescia, G. Rizzardi, 1759) (page images at HathiTrust)
  • Rime e lettere. Novamente pubblicate per cura di Pia Mestica Chiapetti. (Firenze, G. Barbèra, 1879) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
  • Secret Sacred Woods: The Poems of Veronica Gambara (in English and Italian) (HTML at jimandellen.org)
• Grumbach, Argula von, 1492-ca. 1568 (ca. 1492 - ca. 1554) ; Wikipedia
• Gwerful Mechain, fl.1462-1500 (fl. 1462 - 1500) ; Wikipedia
• Hatzlerin, Clara (ca. 1430 - ca. 1476) ; Wikipedia
• Isabella d'Este, consort of Francesco II Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua, 1474-1539 [aka Isabella D'Este] (1474 - 1539)
• Jefimija, Monahinja, 1346 or 1347?-1405? (ca. 1346 - ca. 1405)
• Julian, of Norwich, 1343- (November 8, 1342 - ca. 1416) ; More Information ; More Information ; Wikipedia
  • Comfortable words for Christ's lovers : being the visions and voices vouchsafed to Lady Julian, recluse at Norwich in 1373 / transcribed and edited from the recently discovered manuscript (Brit. Mus. Addit. 37,790) by Dundas Harford. (London : H.R. Allenson, [1911?]) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
  • Revelations of Divine Love (language somewhat modernized) (HTML at CCEL)
  • Revelations of divine love / recorded by Julian, anchoress at Norwich, anno domini 1373. A version from the ms. in the Brtish Museum, edited by Grace Warrack. (London : Methuen & co., Ltd., 1911) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
  • Revelations of Divine Love / shewed to a devout ankress by name Julian of Norwich ; edited from the MSS by Dom Roger Hudleston ; with an introduction by the same. (Westminster, Md. : Newman Press, 1952) (page images at HathiTrust)
  • Revelations of divine love, recorded by Julian, anchoress at Norwich, anno Domini 1373. A version from the ms. in the British Museum, edited by Grace Warrack. (London, Methuen, [1914]) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
  • Revelations of divine love, shewed to a devout Anchoress, by name Mother Julian of Norwich. With a preface by Henry Collins. (London, T. Richardson, 1877) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
  • The Shewings of Julian of Norwich (frame-dependent HTML at Rochester)
  • Sixteen revelations of divine love / made to a devout servant of our Lord, called Mother Juliana, an anchorete of Norwich, who lived in the days of King Edward the Third. (London : S. Clarke, 1843) (page images at HathiTrust)
  • XVI revelations of divine love shewed to Mother Juliana of Norwich 1373, (London, K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & co., ltd., 1902) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Kempe, Margery, approximately 1373- (ca. 1373 - ca. 1438) ; More Information ; Wikipedia
  • The Book of Margery Kempe (HTML at Rochester)
• Kottannerin, Helene [aka Helene Kottanner] (1400 - ca. 1470) ; Wikipedia
• Lisle, Honor Plantagenet, Viscountess, approximately 1493-1566 [aka Honor Grenville Basset Lisle] (ca. 1493 - 1566) ; Wikipedia
• López de Córdoba, Leonor, 1362 or 1363- (ca. 1362 - ca. 1412) ; Wikipedia
• Louise, de Savoie, duchesse d'Angoulême, 1476-1531 (September 11, 1476 - September 22, 1531) ; Wikipedia
• Macinghi Strozzi, Alessandra, 1407-1471 (ca. 1406 - 1471) ; More Information ; Wikipedia
• Margaret, of Austria, Regent of the Netherlands, 1480-1530 [aka d'Autriche-Bourgogne Marguerite] (1480 - 1530)
• Marguerite, Queen, consort of Henry II, King of Navarre, 1492-1549 [aka Marguerite de Navarre d'Angouleme Duchesse d'Alencon] (April 11, 1492 - December 21, 1549) ; More Information ; Wikipedia
  • Das Heptameron : die Erzählungen der Königin von Navarra / verdeutscht von Carl Theodor Albert Ritter von Riba ; illustriert von F. von Bayros. (Berlin : W. Borngräber, [1913]) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
  • The fortunate lovers; twenty-seven novels of the Queen of Navarre; translated from the original French by Arthur Machen. Edited and selected from the Hoptameron, with notes, pedigrees, and an introduction by A. Mary F. Robinson. With original etching by G.P. Jacomb Hood. (London, G. Redway, 1887) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
  • The Heptameron; (London, G. Routledge & sons, limited; New York, E. P. Dutton & co., [1905]) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
  • The heptameron / Margaret, Queen of Navarre ; translated from the old French into English with eight original etchings by Leopold Flameng. (Philadelphia : G. Barrie, Importer, 1881) (page images at HathiTrust)
  • The Heptameron / of Margaret, queen of Navarre. (New York : Gates, 1877) (page images at HathiTrust)
  • The Heptameron of Margaret, Queen of Navarre (illustrated HTML at Celebration of Women Writers)
  • The Heptameron of Margaret, queen of Navarre / Translated from the French ; With a memoir of the author. (London : H. G. Bohn, 1849) (page images at HathiTrust)
  • The Heptameron of Margaret, queen of Navarre. Tr. from the French. With a memoir of the author. By Walter K. Kelly. (London, H.G. Bohn, 1855) (page images at HathiTrust)
  • The Heptameron of the tales of Margaret, Queen of Navarre. (London : Gibbings, [spine 1907]) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
  • The Heptameron of the tales of Margaret, Queen of Navarre. (London : Gibbings, [spine 1911]) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
  • The heptameron of the tales of Margaret, queen of Navarre. newly translated from the authentic text, with an essay upon the heptameron by George Saintsbury. (London, Priv. print. for members of the Aldus Society, 1903) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
  • The Heptameron of the tales of Margaret, queen of Navarre. Translated into English from the authentic text of M. Le Roux de Lincy with an essay upon the Heptameron by George Saintsbury. (London, Privately printed for the Navarre Society, 1922) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
  • La prima opera di Margherita di Navarra e la terza rima in Francia. (Catania : F. Battatio, 1920) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
  • La prima opera di Margnerita di Navarra e la terza rima in Francia. (Catania, F. Battiato, 1920) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
  • Les dernières poésies de Marguerite de Navarre, (Paris, A. Colin & cie, 1896) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
  • Les marguerites de la Marguerite des princesses : texte de l'édition de 1547 / publié avec introd., notes et glossaire par Félix Frank, et accompagné de la reproduction des gravures sur bois de l'original et d'un portrait de Marguerite de Navarre. (Paris : Librairie des bibliophiles, 1873) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
  • Les marguerites de la Marguerite des princesses : texte de l'édition de 547 / publié avec introd., notes et glossaire, par Félix Frank. (Paris : Librairie des bibliophiles, 1873) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
  • Lettres de Marguerite d'Angoulême, sœur de François Ier, reine de Navarre, publiées d'après les manuscrits de la Bibliothèque du roi par F. Génin. (Paris, J. Renouard et cie, 1841) (page images at HathiTrust)
  • L'Heptaméron; contes de la reine de Navarre. (Paris, Garnier frères, [1893]) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
  • L'heptaméron; contes de la reine de Navarre. (Paris, Garnier frères, [1863]) (page images at HathiTrust)
  • L'Heptaméron; contes de la reine de Navarre. (Paris, Garnier frères, 1866) (page images at HathiTrust)
  • L'Heptaméron; contes de la reine de Navarre. (Paris, Garnier frères, [1893]) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
  • L'heptaméron : contes et nouvelles de la reine de Navarre. (Paris : Verda, [1900?]) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
  • L'Heptaméron de la reine Marguerite de Navarre, avec une introduction, un index et des notes par Félix Frank. Orné d'un portrait de la reine Marguerite et de douze dessins de Sahib [pseud.] gravés sur bois par A. Prunaire ... (Paris, I. Liseux, 1879) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
  • L'Heptaméron des nouvelles / de Marguerite d'Angoulesme, Royne de Navarre ; Texte des manuscrits avec notes, variantes et glossaire par Frédéric Dillaye ; Notice par A. France. (Paris : A. Lemerre, 1879) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
  • L'Heptaméron des nouvelles / Marguerite de Navarre ; réimprimé par les soins de D. Jouaust ; avec une notice, des notes et un glossaire par Paul Lacroix. (Paris : Librairie des bibliophiles, 1879-1880) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
  • L'Heptaméron des nouvelles de Marguerite d'Angouleeme...Texte des manuscrits avec notes, variantes et glossaire, par Frédéric Dillaye. Notice par A. France... (Paris, Lemerre, 1879) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
  • L'heptameron des nouvelles de très haute & très illustre princess Marguerite d'Angoulême, reine de Navarre. (Paris, Imprimé avee les caractères de la Société des bibliographiles françois, 1853-54) (page images at HathiTrust)
  • L'heptaméron des nouvelles de très haute & très illustre princesse Marguerite d'Angouleme, reine de Navarre. (Paris : Société des bibliophiles françois, 1853-1854) (page images at HathiTrust)
  • L'Heptaméron des nouvelles, de très haute et très illustre princesse Marguerite d'Angoulême, reine de Navarre. Publié sur les notes de Mm. Le Roux de Lincy & Anatole de Montaiglon. (Paris, A. Eudes, 1880) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
  • L'Heptaméron : ou, Histoire des amants fortunés, nouvelles de la reine Marguerite de Navarre / Ancien texte publié par Claude Gruget dans l'edition originale de 1559, revu, corrigé et publié avec des notes et une notice par le bibliophile Jacob [pseud.] (Paris : C. Gossselin, 1841) (page images at HathiTrust)
  • Liebesgeschichten. Herausgegeben und übersetzt von Curt Moreck. (München, Hirth, 1921) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
  • Margaret, Queen of Navarre : The Heptameron / translated from the Old French into English, with eight original etchings by Leopold Flameng. (Philadelphia : G. Barrie, [18--?]) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
  • The mirror of the sinful soul. A prose translation from the French of a poem by Queen Margaret of Navarre, made in 1544 by the Princess (afterwards Queen) Elizabeth, then eleven years of age. Ed. by Percy W. Ames. (London, Asher and co., 1897) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
  • Nouvelles lettres de la reine de Navarre : adressées au roi François Ier, son frère / publiées d'après le manuscrit de la Bibliothèque du Roi par F. Génin. (Paris : J. Renouard, 1842) (page images at HathiTrust)
  • Nouvelles lettres de la Reine de Navarre adresséés au roi François Ier, son frère. Pub. d'après le manuscrit de la Bibliothèque du roi, par F. Génin. (Paris, J. Renouard et cie, 1842) (page images at HathiTrust)
  • Nouvelles lettres de la reine de Navarre, adressées au roi François Ier, son frère. Publiées d'après le manuscrit de la Bibliothèque du roi, par F. Génin. Paris, J. Renouard, 1842. (New York, Johsnon Reprint Corp., [1965]) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
  • Nouvelles lettres de la reine de Navarre adressés au roi François 1er, son frère; pub. d'après le Manuscrit de la Bibliothèque du Roi par F. Génin. (Paris, Renouard, 1842) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Medici, Clarice Orsini de' (1453 - 1488)
• Mihri Khatun (fl. 1500)
• Mirabai [aka Meera] (ca. 1498 - ca. 1547) ; More Information ; More Information ; Wikipedia
• Nogarola, Angela ( - ca. 1436)
• Nogarola, Ginevra (fl. 1436)
• Nogarola, Isotta, 1418-1466 (1418 - ca. 1466) ; More Information ; More Information ; Wikipedia
• Paston, Margaret, 1423-1484 (1423 - 1484) ; Wikipedia
• Pinar, Florencia (ca. 1470 - 1530)
• Pirkheimer, Charitas, 1466 or 1467-1532 [aka Caritas; Barbara Pirckheimer] (March 21, 1467 - August 19, 1532) ; More Information ; Wikipedia
• Poitiers, Diane de, Duchess of Valentinois, 1499-1566 (September 3, 1499 - April 25, 1566) ; More Information ; Wikipedia
• Pulci, Antonia, 1452-1501 [aka Antonia Giannotti Pulci] (1452 - 1501) ; More Information
• Riccoboni, Bartolomea, 14th/15th cent. (1369 - 1440)
• Rozmberka, Perchta z [aka Perchta of Rozmberk; Perchta von Rosenberg] (ca. 1429 - 1476) ; More Information
• Savorgnan, Maria Late (fl. 1500)
• Teresa, de Cartagena, 15th cent. [aka Teresa de Cartagena] (ca. 1420 - 1470)
• Torelli Castiglioni, Ippolita, 1499-1520 (1499 - 1520)
• Tornabuoni, Lucrezia, 1425-1482 [aka Lucrezia Tornabuoni dei Medici] (June 22, 1425 - March 28, 1482) ; More Information ; Wikipedia
• Villena, Isabel de, 1430-1490 (1430 - 1490) ; Wikipedia
• Zeli, Katharina (ca. 1497 - 1562)