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Maistresse of my Wit: Medieval Women, Modern Scholars, ed. Louise D'Arcens and Juanita Feros Ruys, Making the Middle Ages 7 (Turnhout: Brepols, 2004). x + 384 pp. ISBN 2-503-51165-1. euro75.00. The twelve essays in this collection engage with the challenging question of 'the bonds that develop between scholars and the particular medieval women they study' (p. ix), looking at the ways that the writing practices of medieval women intersect with those of contemporary feminist scholarship, and at the roles of feminism and medieval studies in shaping individual identity. The aim is 'reciprocal feminist medievalism' (p. 4), and some unconventional approaches are employed. The focus of the first section is the practice of medieval studies. The first pair of essays,...