This project has evolved to focus on the relationships between didacticism and subjectivity in late medieval devotional writing. It will be the first investigation of late medieval subjectivity with a regional emphasis, utilising a sharp focus on one literary milieu to facilitate a multi-dimensional exploration of cognitive, affective, somatic and situated forms of subjective experience. Core textual foci include The Northern Homily Cycle, the ‘Heege’ manuscript, The Desert of Religion, The Towneley Plays and, of course, The Cursor Mundi. The thesis explores the ways in which these works not only prescribe ideal identities, but adapt and respond to their audiences’ preexisting knowledge, experiences, and habits of mind.