WRITERS LIVING BETWEEN 1401 AND 1500

• Almada, Filipa de (fl. 1481)
• Beaufort, Margaret, Countess of Richmond and Derby, 1443-1509 (1443 - 1509)
• Berners, Juliana, b. 1388? [aka Juliana Barnes; Julyans Bernes] (fl. 1460) ; More Information ; More Information ; Wikipedia
  • A Treatyse of Fysshynge wyth an Angle (illustrated HTML at Renascence Editions)
• 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)
• Cely, Margery (fl. 1484)
• Cereta, Laura, 1469-1499 (1469 - 1499) ; More Information ; More Information ; More Information ; More Information
• Christine, de Pisan, ca. 1364-ca. 1431 [aka Christine de Pizan] (ca. 1364 - ca. 1431) ; More Information ; Concordance ; More Information ; More Information ; More Information ; More Information ; More Information
  • 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 Epistle of Othea to Hector: or, The Boke of Knyghthode (London: J. B. Nichols and Sons, 1904) (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Ciaperelli, Costanza (ca. 1410 - )
• Clèves, Marie de, 1426-1487 (1426 - 1487)
• Colonna, Vittoria, 1492-1547 (1490 - 1547) ; More Information ; More Information
  • Amaro Lagrimar: The Poems of Vittoria Colonna (in English and Italian) (HTML and page images at jimandellen.org)
• Dentière, Marie, 1495-1561 [aka Marie d'Ennetieres] (ca. 1495 - 1561)
• Eleanore, of Scotland, Archduchess, consort of Sigmund, Archduke of Austria, 1433-1480 [aka von Österreich Eleonore] (1433 - 1480)
• Elisabeth, Gräfin von Nassau-Saarbrücken, ca. 1395-1455 or 6 (ca. 1395 - 1456)
• Fedele, Cassandra, 1465?-1558 (ca. 1465 - 1558) ; More Information
• Filleul, Jeanne (1424 - 1498)
• Galindo, Beatriz, ca. 1465-1535 [aka La Latina] (ca. 1465 - November 23, 1535) ; Wikipedia
• Gàmbara, Veronica, 1485-1550 [aka Veronica Gambara] (1485 - 1550) ; More Information ; More Information ; More Information
  • 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. 1563)
• Gwerful Mechain, fl.1462-1500 (fl. 1462 - 1500) ; Wikipedia
• Hatzlerin, Clara (ca. 1430 - ca. 1476)
• Isabella d'Este, consort of Francesco II Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua, 1474-1539 [aka Isabella D'Este] (1474 - 1539) ; More Information ; More Information ; Portrait
• Jefimija, Monahinja, 1346 or 7?-1405? (ca. 1346 - ca. 1405)
• Julian of Norwich, b. 1343 (ca. 1342 - ca. 1416) ; More Information ; More Information
  • A Revelation of Love (this edition delisted 3 Sep 2008; online copy withdrawn at editor's request)
  • Revelations of Divine Love (language somewhat modernized) (HTML at CCEL)
  • The Shewings of Julian of Norwich (frame-dependent HTML at Rochester)
• Kempe, Margery, b. ca. 1373 (ca. 1373 - ca. 1438) ; More Information
  • The Book of Margery Kempe (HTML at Rochester)
• Kottannerin, Helene [aka Helene Kottanner] (1400 - ca. 1470)
• Lisle, Honor Plantagenet, Viscountess, ca. 1493-1566 [aka Honor Grenville Basset Lisle] (ca. 1493 - 1566)
• López de Córdoba, Leonor, b. 1362 or 3 (ca. 1362 - 1412)
• Louise, de Savoie, duchesse d'Angoulême, 1476-1531 (1476 - 1531)
• Macinghi Strozzi, Alessandra, 1407-1471 (1407 - 1471) ; More Information
• 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] (1492 - 1549) ; More Information ; More Information ; More Information ; Portrait
  • The Heptameron of Margaret, Queen of Navarre (illustrated HTML at Celebration of Women Writers)
• Medici, Clarice Orsini deÕ (1453 - 1488)
• Mihri Khatun (fl. 1500)
• Mirabai [aka Meera] (ca. 1498 - 1550) ; More Information
• Nogarola, Angela ( - ca. 1436)
• Nogarola, Ginevra (fl. 1436)
• Nogarola, Isotta, 1418-1466 (1418 - ca. 1466) ; More Information
• Paston, Margaret, 1423-1484 (1423 - 1484)
• Pinar, Florencia (ca. 1470 - 1530)
• Pirkheimer, Charitas, 1466 or 7-1532 [aka Caritas; Barbara Pirckheimer] (March 21, 1467 - August 19, 1532)
• Poitiers, Diane de, Duchess of Valentinois, 1499-1566 (1499 - 1566)
• Pulci, Antonia, 1452-1501 [aka Antonia Giannotti Pulci] (1452 - 1501) ; More Information ; 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] (1425 - 1482) ; More Information
• Villena, Isabel de, 1430-1490 (1430 - 1490)
• Zeli, Katharina (ca. 1497 - 1562)