Women's Monasticism and Medieval Society : : Nunneries in France and England, 890–1215 / / Bruce L. Venarde.

In this engaging work, Bruce L. Venarde uncovers a largely unknown story of women's religious lives and puts female monasticism back in the mainstream of medieval ecclesiastical history. To chart the expansion of nunneries in France and England during the central Middle Ages, he presents statis...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Archive Pre-2000
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Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2018]
©1999
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (264 p.) :; 6 maps, 3 charts
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Preface
  • Note on terms
  • Abbreviations
  • CHAPTER 1.The Expansion of Female Monasticism in the Central Middle Ages
  • CHAPTER 2. The Old-Fashioned Way: Foundations in the Tenth and Eleventh Centuries
  • CHAPTER 3. Nunneries in an Age of Change, circa 1080-circa 1170
  • CHAPTER 4. Social and Economic Contexts in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries
  • CHAPTER 5. The End of an Era, circa 1170-circa 1215
  • EPILOGUE
  • APPENDIX A. Repertory of Monastic Foundations and Refoundations
  • APPENDIX B. Diocesan Centers and Other Cities
  • Bibliography
  • Index of Monastic Houses
  • General Index