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    • Title:Medieval women religious, c. 800-c. 1500 : new perspectives / edited by Kimm Curran and Janet Burton.
    • ISBN:9781837650293
      1837650292
    • Publication:Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK ; Rochester, NY, USA : The Boydell Press, 2023.
    • Copyright notice date: ©2023
    • Physical Description:xvi, 259 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 25 cm.
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    • Access and use:British Library not licensed to copy 0.
    • Summary:"This book addresses varied aspects of the lives and communities of medieval women religious in wester Europe." -- Introduction.
    • Format:Book
    • Series:Studies in the history of medieval religion, volume [52]
      Studies in the history of medieval religion ; 52.
    • BibliographyIncludes bibliographical references (pages 221-245) and index.
    • Contents:Reform, Change, and Renewal: Women Religious in the Central Middle Ages, 800-1050 / Steven Vanderputten -- New Movements of the Twelfth Century: Diversity, Belonging, and Order(s) / Katharine Sykes -- Change and Renewal: Mendicants and Tertiaries in Later Medieval Europe / Alison More -- On the Fringes: Anchorites / Cate Gunn -- 'Quasi-religious': Vowesses / Laura Richmond -- Authority and Agency: Women as Heads of Religious Houses / Elizabeth A. Lehfeldt -- Women Religious, Secular Households: The Outside World and Crossing Boundaries in the Later Middle Ages / Rachel M.Delman -- Literacies, Learning and Communal Reform: The Case of Alijt Bake / Diana Denissen -- Family and Friends: Gift-giving, Books, and Book Inscriptions in Women's Religious Communities / Sara Charles -- Communities of Medieval Religious Women and Their Landscapes / Yvonne Seale -- Materiality and Archaeology of Women Religious / Tracy Collins -- Between Collective Memory and Individual Remembrance in Women's Religious Communities / Mercedes Pérez Vidal.
    • Subjects:Monastic and religious life of women--History--Middle Ages, 600-1500.
      Women--Religious life--History--To 1500.
      Women--History--Middle Ages, 500-1500.
      Women--Middle Ages.
      Women--Religious life.
    • Genre/Form:History.
    • Also listed under:Curran, Kimm, editor.
      Burton, Janet (Medievalist), editor.