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Women's Monasticism and Medieval Society : Nunneries in France and England, 890-1215 /

"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 co...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Venarde, Bruce L., 1962-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1997.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"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
Descripción Física:1 online resource (264 pages): illustrations, maps
ISBN:9781501717246