A letter from Joan of Constantinople, Countess of Flanders (1218/19, January)

This is a letter from "Epistolæ: Medieval Women's Letters". Epistolæ is a collection of medieval Latin letters to and from women. The letters collected date from the 4th to the 13th centuries, and they are presented in their original Latin as well as in English translation. Dr. Joan Ferrante, Professor Emerita of English and Comparative Literature of Columbia University, has, with her colleagues, collected and translated these letters mainly from printed sources. She worked with the Columbia Center for New Media Teaching and Learning to develop this unique open online collection for teaching a... Mehr ...