Spiritual Economies : : Female Monasticism in Later Medieval England / / Nancy Bradley Warren.
From its creation in the early fourteenth century to its dissolution in the sixteenth, the nunnery at Dartford was among the richest in England. Although obliged to support not only its own community but also a priory of Dominican friars at King's Langley, Dartford prospered. Records attest to...
Saved in:
Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn Press eBook Package Complete Collection |
---|---|
VerfasserIn: | |
Place / Publishing House: | Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2012] ©2001 |
Year of Publication: | 2012 |
Language: | English |
Series: | The Middle Ages Series
|
Online Access: | |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (280 p.) |
Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- PART I. Monastic Identities in Theory and Practice
- 1. Vows and Visitations
- 2. The Value of the Mother Tongue
- 3. Accounting for Themselves
- PART II. Beyond the Convent
- 4. A Coin of Changing Value
- 5. Kings, Saints, and Nuns
- 6. Liabilities and Assets
- 7. Paying the Price
- Notes
- Index
- Acknowledgments