The Beguines of Medieval Paris : Gender, Patronage, and Spiritual Authority /
This book reconstructs the history of beguine communities in one of medieval Europe's most vibrant and cosmopolitan cities: Paris. Drawing on an array of archival sources, Miller illuminates the important role beguines played in the economic, intellectual, and religious life of the city.
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania :
University of Pennsylvania Press,
2014.
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Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction
- The Prud'homme and the Beguines: Louis IX and the foundation fo the Beguinage of Paris
- The world of the Beguinage
- Beguines, silk and the city
- Masters and pastors: Sorbonne scholars, Beguines, and religious instruction
- Religious education and spiritual collaboration at the Beguinage of Paris
- "There are among us women called Beguines"
- The King's Beguines
- Appendix. Beguines whose occupations are known
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Acknowledgments.