Medieval Women Religious, c. 800-c. 1500: New Perspectives

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Medieval Women Religious, c. 800-c. 1500

New Perspectives

Edited by: Kimm Curran and Janet Burton
With contributions by: Kimm Curran , Janet Burton , Steven Vanderputten , Katharine Sykes , Alison More , Cate Gunn , Laura Richmond , Elizabeth Lehfeldt , Rachel Delman , Diana Denissen , Sara Charles , Yvonne Seale , Tracy Collins and Mercedes Perez Vidal

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2023

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Volume 52 | Studies in the History of Medieval Religion

About this book

A multi-disciplinary re-evaluation of the role of women religious in the Middle Ages, both inside and outside the cloister.

Author / Editor information

Curran Kimm :

KIMM CURRAN is an independent researcher. Her expertise is in communities of women religious in Scotland, medieval women's monastic landscapes and heritage, and prosopography.Burton Janet :

JANET BURTON is Professor of Medieval History at University of Wales Trinity Saint David, Lampeter and the author of many books and articles on monastic history.Curran Kimm :

KIMM CURRAN is an independent researcher. Her expertise is in communities of women religious in Scotland, medieval women's monastic landscapes and heritage, and prosopography.Burton Janet :

JANET BURTON is Professor of Medieval History at University of Wales Trinity Saint David, Lampeter and the author of many books and articles on monastic history.Gunn Cate :

CATE GUNN is an independent scholar who has written on thirteenth-century anchoritic and pastoral literature.

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In conclusione, il volume curato da Curran e Burton riesce ad offrire un diorama di ricerche stimolanti, capaci di fornire nuove prospettive sul modo in cui le donne si ritagliarono il proprio spazio nella società medievale attraverso l'esperienza religiosa."
(In conclusion, the volume edited by Curran and Burton successfully offers a panorama of stimulating research that provides new perspectives on how women carved out their own space in medieval society through religious experience.)

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Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies Classical Studies Ancient Religion

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Illustrations Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Contributors Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Preface Kimm Curran and Janet Burton Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Abbreviations Publicly Available Download PDF	xii
Introduction Kimm Curran and Janet Burton Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter 1 Reform, Change, and Renewal: Women Religious in the Central Middle Ages, 800–1050 Steven Vanderputten Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	22
Chapter 2 New Movements of the Twelfth Century: Diversity, Belonging, and Order(s) Katharine Sykes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	43
Chapter 3 Change and Renewal: Mendicants and Tertiaries in Later Medieval Europe Alison More Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	61
Chapter 4 On the Fringes: Anchorites Cate Gunn Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	76
Chapter 5 ‘Quasi-religious’: Vowesses Laura Richmond Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	90
Chapter 6 Authority and Agency: Women as Heads of Religious Houses Elizabeth A. Lehfeldt Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	105
Chapter 7 Women Religious, Secular Households: The Outside World and Crossing Boundaries in the Later Middle Ages Rachel M. Delman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	121
Chapter 8 Literacies, Learning, and Communal Reform: The Case of Alijt Bake Diana Denissen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	137
Chapter 9 Family and Friends: Gift-giving, Books, and Book Inscriptions in Women’s Religious Communities Sara Charles Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	152
Chapter 10 Communities of Medieval Religious Women and Their Landscapes Yvonne Seale Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	166
Chapter 11 Materiality and Archaeology of Women Religious Tracy Collins Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	182
Chapter 12 Between Collective Memory and Individual Remembrance in Women’s Religious Communities Mercedes Pérez Vidal Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	202
Select Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	221
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	247

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eBook published on:

January 24, 2023

eBook ISBN:

9781800108981

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Boydell Press

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278

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3 line, 8 b/w. illus.

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781800108981

eBook ISBN: 9781800108981

Keywords for this book

Cloister; Vowesses; Anchorites; Archaeology; Literature; Visual Arts; Middle Ages; Monastic

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Professional and scholarly;

Medieval Women Religious, c. 800-c. 1500

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