# Katherine Group > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Katherine_Group > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Katherine_Group.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine_Group > Source revision: 1283552023 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|Group of Middle English texts}} The '''Katherine Group''' is a collection of five 13th-century [Middle English](/source/Middle_English) texts composed by an anonymous author of the English [West Midlands](/source/West_Midlands_(region)), in a variety of Middle English known as [AB language](/source/AB_language). The texts are all addressed to [anchoresses](/source/anchorite) (religious recluses) and praise the virtue of [virginity](/source/virginity). ==The texts== * The sermon ''Hali Meiðhad'' ("holy maidenhood"), directed at anchoresses or recluses, praising the virtues of virginity over worldly marriage. It was written in ca. 1182–1198 in the [West Midlands](/source/West_Midlands_(region)) of England. * The allegory ''[Sawles Warde](/source/Hugh_of_Saint_Victor)'' ("refuge of the souls") * ''Seinte Juliene'', life of [Juliana of Nicomedia](/source/Juliana_of_Nicomedia) * ''Seinte Margarete'', life of [Margaret of Antioch](/source/Margaret_of_Antioch) * ''Seinte Katherine'', life of [Catherine of Alexandria](/source/Catherine_of_Alexandria). All five texts are preserved in the manuscript Oxford, Bodleian Library, Bodley 34. All except ''Hali Meiðhad'' are also in British Library, Royal 17 A XXVII. Additionally, British Library [Cotton Titus](/source/Cotton_Titus) D XVIII has ''Sawles Warde'', ''Seinte Katherine'' and ''Hali Meiðhad''. ==Editions== ===Hali Meiðhad=== *[Early English Text Society](/source/Early_English_Text_Society) (1922) *A. F. Colborn (1940) *Bella Millett (1972), {{ISBN|978-0-19-722286-7}} ==Literature== * Fletcher, A. J. (1993) "Black, white and grey in ''Hali Meidhad'' and ''Ancrene Wisse'': evidence for dating from mention of religious orders' habits", in: ''Medium Aevum'' (1993) * Millett, Bella (1996) ''Ancrene Wisse, the Katherine Group, and the Wooing Group'' {{ISBN|0-85991-429-1}} * Millett, Bella & Wogan-Browne, J. (1990) ''Medieval English Prose for Women: selections from the Katherine Group and Ancrene Wisse''. Oxford: Clarendon Press {{ISBN|978-0-19-811205-1}} *[Tolkien, J. R. R.](/source/J._R._R._Tolkien): ** ''Holy Maidenhood'' (1923) ** ''[The Devil's Coach Horses](/source/The_Devil's_Coach_Horses)'' (1925) ** ''Some Contributions to Middle-English Lexicography'' (1925) ** ''[Ancrene Wisse and Hali Meiðhad](/source/Ancrene_Wisse_and_Hali_Mei%C3%B0had)'' (1929) ** ''"Iþþlen" in Sawles Warde'' (1947) ==Related groups of texts== The Katherine Group is similar in language and content to the ''[Ancrene Wisse](/source/Ancrene_Wisse)'' and the ''[Wooing Group](/source/Wooing_Group)''.Michelle M. Sauer, 'Wooing Group', in ''Encyclopedia of Medieval Literature'' (2013), http://medieval_literature.enacademic.com {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221021181801/https://medieval_literature.enacademic.com/ |date=2022-10-21 }}. ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20051103074607/http://www.ling.upenn.edu/hist-corpora/PPCME2-RELEASE-2/info/katherine-group.htm Katherine Group] (upenn.edu) {{Middle English devotional literature}} Category:Christian hagiography Category:Cotton Library Category:Middle English literature Category:Women of medieval England --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Katherine Group](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine_Group) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine_Group?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.