| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 309 pages) |
| Contents |
Setting the boundaries for legitimate experimentation -- Holy vessels, brides of Christ : ambiguous ninth-century realities -- Transitions, continuities, and the struggle for monastic lordship -- Reforms, "semi-reforms," and the silencing of women religious in the tenth century -- New beginnings -- Monastic ambiguities in the new millennium |
| Summary |
In Dark Age Nunneries, Steven Vanderputten dismantles the common view of women religious between 800 and 1050 as disempowered or even disinterested witnesses to their own lives. It is based on a study of primary sources from forty female monastic .. |
| Analysis |
woman's monasticism, medieval history, lotharingia, gender, reform |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 09, 2018) |
| Subject |
Monastic and religious life of women -- Europe -- History -- Middle Ages, 600-1500
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Monasticism and religious orders for women -- Europe -- History -- Middle Ages, 600-1500
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Convents -- Europe -- History -- To 1500
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RELIGION -- Institutions & Organizations.
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RELIGION -- Monasticism.
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Convents
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Monastic and religious life of women -- Middle Ages
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Monasticism and religious orders for women -- Middle Ages
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| SUBJECT |
Europe -- Church history -- 600-1500.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045634
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| Subject |
Europe
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| Genre/Form |
Church history
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2017039896 |
| ISBN |
9781501715976 |
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1501715976 |
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1501715941 |
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9781501715945 |
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9781501715952 |
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150171595X |
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