The Beguines of medieval Paris : gender, patronage, and spiritual authority /

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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.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Miller, Tanya Stabler (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2014]
Series:Middle Ages series.
Subjects:
To 1500
Beguines > France > Paris > History > To 1500.
Women in Christianity > France > Paris > History > To 1500.
Monastic and religious life of women > France > Paris > History > To 1500.
Femmes dans le christianisme > France > Paris > Histoire > Jusqu'à 1500.
Vie religieuse et monastique féminine > France > Paris > Histoire > Jusqu'à 1500.
HISTORY / Medieval.
Beguines
Monastic and religious life of women
Women in Christianity
Beginen
Beginer > Frankrike > Paris > medeltiden.
Katolicism > andlighet.
Kloster.
Beguines > France > Paris > Middle Ages.
Catholicism > spirituality.
Convents.
Beginer > historia.
Women in Christianity > historia.
Andliga ordnar > historia.
Kvinnor.
France > Paris
Paris
Frankrike > Paris.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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