Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction 1
4. Chapter 1. The Prud’homme and the Beguines: Louis IX and the Foundation of the Beguinage of Paris 14
5. Chapter 2. The World of the Beguinage 35
6. Chapter 3. Beguines, Silk, and the City 59
7. Chapter 4. Masters and Pastors: Sorbonne Scholars, Beguines, and Religious Instruction 81
8. Chapter 5. Religious Education and Spiritual Collaboration at the Beguinage of Paris 103
9. Chapter 6. “There Are Among Us Women Called Beguines” 126
10. Chapter 7. The King’s Beguines 145
11. Appendix. Beguines Whose Occupations Are Known 173
12. Notes 175
13. Bibliography 257
14. Index 277
15. Acknowledgments 291