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Leadership in medieval English nunneries /
"Examination of the role of the convent superior in the Middle Ages, underlining the amount of power and responsibility at her command"--Provided by publisher
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
| Published: |
Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK ; Rochester, NY :
Boydell Press,
2005.
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| Series: | Studies in the history of medieval religion ;
v. 24. |
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- 1. The meaning of leadership in the medieval English nunnery
- 2. Leadership and lineage
- 3. Guardians of the brides (care of the female religious by bishops, archbishops and their representatives)
- 4. The lady and the monarchs (the relations of the abbess or prioress with king and pope)
- 5. The distaff and the crosier (balancing financial and spiritual responsibilities)
- 6. The clerical view (interpretations of episcopal reports)
- 7. Shifting perspectives (secular views of the nunnery superiors)
- 8. Epilogue (preparations for the dissolution and reaction to its demands)
- App. A. List of nunneries and incomes
- App. B. List of nunnery superiors
- App. C. Election procedures at Wilton
- App. D. Eulogy for Euphemia of Wherwell.