Equal in Monastic Profession: Religious Women in Medieval France (Women in Culture and Society)

Johnson, Penelope D.

ISBN 10: 0226401855 / ISBN 13: 9780226401850

Verlag: University of Chicago Press, 1991

With very good dust jacket. Very Good hardcover with light shelfwear - NICE! Standard-sized. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers mon0000329617

Inhaltsangabe:

<div>In this study of the manner in which medieval nuns lived, Penelope Johnson challenges facile stereotypes of nuns living passively under monastic rule, finding instead that collectively they were empowered by their communal privileges and status to think and act without many of the subordinate attitudes of secular women. In the words of one abbess comparing nuns with monks, they were "different as to their sex but equal in their monastic profession." <br><br>Johnson researched more than two dozen nunneries in northern France from the eleventh century through the thirteenth century, balancing a qualitative reading of medieval monastic documents with a quantitative analysis of a lengthy thirteenth-century visitation record which allows an important comparison of nuns and monks. A fascinating look at the world of medieval spirituality, this work enriches our understanding of women's role in premodern Europe and in church history. <br><br><br><br></div>

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Equal in Monastic Profession: Religious ...
Verlag: University of Chicago Press
Erscheinungsdatum: 1991
Einband: hardcover
Zustand: Very Good
Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Schutzumschlag