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Women's monasticism and medieval society : nunneries in France and England, 890-1215 / Bruce L. Venarde.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1997Description: 1 online resource (xix, 243 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781501717246
  • 1501717243
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Women's monasticism and medieval society.DDC classification:
  • 271/.9/00420902 22
LOC classification:
  • BX4220.E85 V46 1997eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
Online resources:
Contents:
The expansion of female monasticism in the Central Middle Ages -- The old-fashioned way: Foundations in the tenth and eleventh centuries -- Nunneries in the Age of Change, circa 1080-circa 1170 -- Social and economic contexts in the eleventh and twelfth centuries -- The end of an era, circa 1170-circa 1215.
Review: "In this innovative and engaging work, Bruce L. Venarde uncovers a largely unknown story of women's religious lives and puts female monasticism in the mainstream of medieval ecclesiastical history. Venarde deftly interweaves narrative and statistical data to describe in broad historical context the multiplication of French and English nunneries during the central Middle Ages."--Jacket
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Item type Current library Call number URL Status Notes Barcode
eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)1814666

Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-233) and indexes.

The expansion of female monasticism in the Central Middle Ages -- The old-fashioned way: Foundations in the tenth and eleventh centuries -- Nunneries in the Age of Change, circa 1080-circa 1170 -- Social and economic contexts in the eleventh and twelfth centuries -- The end of an era, circa 1170-circa 1215.

"In this innovative and engaging work, Bruce L. Venarde uncovers a largely unknown story of women's religious lives and puts female monasticism in the mainstream of medieval ecclesiastical history. Venarde deftly interweaves narrative and statistical data to describe in broad historical context the multiplication of French and English nunneries during the central Middle Ages."--Jacket

Print version record.