This book is nonfiction and was edited by June Hall McCash. It was published by The University of Georgia Press. Here is what the back of the book says... " The Cultural Patronage of Medieval Women is one of the first volumes exclusively devoted to the role played by women as patrons in the evolution of medieval culture. The twelve essays in this volume look at women not simply as patrons of letters but also as patrons of the visual and decorative arts, of architecture, and of religious and educational foundations."