Equal in Monastic Profession : Religious Women in Medieval France /
In this study of the manner in which medieval nuns lived, Penelope Johnson challenges facile stereotypes of nuns living passively under monastic rule, finding instead that collectively they were empowered by their communal privileges and status to think and act without many of the subordinate attitu...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
[2009]
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Colección: | Women in Culture and Society
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Series Editor's Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- 1. INTRODUCTION
- PART I. CONNECTING LINKS
- 2. THE SECULAR COMMUNITY
- 3. THE ECCLESIASTICAL COMMUNITY
- PART II. ORGANIZING STRUCTURES
- 4. THE SEARCH FOR PERFECTION
- 5. THE STRUCTURE
- 6. THE FINANCES
- PART III. ASSESSMENTS
- 7. RELIGIOUS PERSON RATHER THAN WOMAN
- 8. CLOSING THE DOORS
- APPENDIX A
- APPENDIX B
- GLOSSARY
- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX