Frontmatter

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Illustrations ix
4. Preface xi
5. Acknowledgments xv
6. On Currencies, Names, and Transcriptions xix
7. List of Abbreviations and Short Titles xxi
8. Introduction: Written Fragments and Living Parts 1
9. 1. Concerning Certain Women: The Women’s Religious Movement in Champagne 15
10. 2. Cities of Refuge: The Social World of Religious Women 45
11. 3. Under the Religious Life: Reform and the Cistercian Order 78
12. 4. The Bonds of Charity: The Special Cares of Cistercian Nuns 117
13. 5. One and the Same Passion: Convents and Crusaders 147
14. 6. A Space Apart: Gender and Administration in a New Social Landscape 171
15. Epilogue: A Deplorable and Dangerous State: Crisis, Consolidation, and Collapse 201
16. Appendix: Cistercian Convents and Domus-Dei of Champagne 211
17. Bibliography 217
18. Index 251