Nuns' Priests' Tales : : Men and Salvation in Medieval Women's Monastic Life / / Fiona J. Griffiths.
During the Middle Ages, female monasteries relied on priests to provide for their spiritual care, chiefly to celebrate Mass in their chapels but also to hear the confessions of their nuns and give last rites to their sick and dying. These men were essential to the flourishing of female monasticism d...
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Place / Publishing House: | Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2018] ©2018 |
Year of Publication: | 2018 |
Language: | English |
Series: | The Middle Ages Series
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (360 p.) :; 29 illus. |
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