Equal in monastic profession : religious women in Medieval France / Penelope D. Johnson
1991, 1st edition. Chicago : University of Chicago Press. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #426436
ISBN: 0226401855
Physical description; xv, 294 pages. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-287) and index. Contents; 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. Subjects; 600-1500. Nuns France History. Monasticism and religious orders for women France History Middle Ages, 600-1500. Nuns. Nuns France History.
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