S.C. Kaplan Publishes Book on Women's Libraries in Medieval France

We are delighted to announce S.C. Kaplan's publication of Women's Libraries in Late Medieval Bourbonnais, Burgundy, and France: A Family Affair (Liverpool University Press, 2022). Combining literary, historical, and cultural studies, this book explores how aristocratic women in the late French-speaking Middle Ages developed their libraries, taking into consideration the wide cultural, literary, and familial webs in which they socialized and how cultures of reading, gifting, borrowing, and acquisition played a role in building their collections. Read more about the book here.  

S. C. Kaplan is a Lecturer of French Studies and co-creator of Mapping Women Book Owners in Francophone Europe: 1350-1550, https://booksofduchesses.com.