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The so-called ''Katherine Group'' is a group of five 13th century Middle English texts composed by an anonymous author of the English West Midlands, in a variety of Middle English known as AB language. The texts are all addressed to anchoresses (religious recluses) and praise the virtue of virginity: * 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 of England. * The allegory ''Sawles Warde'' ("refuge of the souls") * ''Seinte Juliene'', life of Juliana of Nicomedia * ''Seinte Margarete'', life of Margaret of Antioch * ''Seinte Katherine'', life of Catherine of Alexandria. All five texts are preserved in the manuscript Oxford, Bodeian Library, Bodley 34. All except ''Hali Meiðhad'' are also in British Library, Royal 17 A XXVII. Additionally, British Library Cotton Titus D XVIII has ''Sawles Warde'', ''Seinte Katherine'' and ''Hali Meiðhad''. The Katherine Group is similar in language and content to the ''Ancrene Wisse'' and the ''Wooing Group''.〔Michelle M. Sauer, 'Wooing Group', in ''Encyclopedia of Medieval Literature'' (2013), http://medieval_literature.enacademic.com.〕 J. R. R. Tolkien repeatedly published on the Katherine Group, in ''Holy Maidenhood'' (1923), ''Some Contributions to Middle-English Lexicography'' and ''The Devil's Coach-Horses (1925)'', ''Ancrene Wisse and Hali Meiðhad'' (1929) and ''"Iþþlen" in Sawles Warde'' (1947). ==Editions== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Katherine Group」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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