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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,
1993, ©1991.
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| Edición: | 1st pbk. ed. |
| Colección: | Women in culture and society.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- CONTENTS
- Series Editor's Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- List of Abbreviations
- 1 INTRODUCTION
- PART I CONNECTING LINKS
- 2 THE SECULAR COMMUNITY
- The Nun and Her Family
- The Surrounding Lay Society
- Conclusion
- 3 THE ECCLESIASTICAL COMMUNITY
- Relation to the Church Hierarchy
- Relations with Other Clerics
- Conclusion
- PART II ORGANIZING STRUCTURES
- 4 THE SEARCH FOR PERFECTION
- Vows
- Spiritual Life
- Conclusion
- 5 THE STRUCTURE
- Administration
- Jurisdictions
- Conclusion
- 6 THE FINANCES
- Economic ActivitiesConclusion
- PART III ASSESSMENTS
- 7 RELIGIOUS PERSON RATHER THAN WOMAN
- Positive Images
- Two Miraculous Events
- Conclusion
- 8 CLOSING THE DOORS
- The Family Model
- Breakdown
- Conclusion
- Appendix A The Twenty-six Female Monasteries Studied
- Appendix B List of Monasteries from the Register of Eudes Rigaud
- Glossary
- Selected Bibliography
- Index