Title Apostate nuns in the later Middle Ages / Elizabeth Makowski

Published Woodbridge : The Boydell Press, 2019

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Description 1 online resource Series Studies in the history of medieval religion Studies in the history of medieval religion. Contents Introduction -- Part I The Vowed Life -- 1 Spiritual Ideal and Legal Realities -- Part II Casting Off the Habit of Religion -- 2 Force and Fear -- 3 Land, Lust, and Love -- 4 Diversions and Disasters -- Part III Prodigals Return -- 5 Penitents and Penalties -- 6 Recidivists and Renegades -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index Summary A study of women who left their nunneries: their motives and actions, and the consequences for them Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-215) and index Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed July 17, 2019) Subject Monasticism and religious orders for women -- England -- History -- Middle Ages, 600-1500 Nuns (Canon law) -- History -- To 1500 Convents (Canon law) -- History -- To 1500 HISTORY -- Medieval. Convents (Canon law) Monasticism and religious orders for women -- Middle Ages Nuns (Canon law) England Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781787445802 1787445801

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