Equal in monastic profession : religious women in Medieval France

Johnson, Penelope D. (Penelope Delafield) 1938- (Author).

Summary: 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.""Johnson researched more than two dozen nunneries in northern France from the eleventh century through the thirteenth century, balancing a qualita.

Record details

ISBN: 9781282089884
ISBN: 1282089889
ISBN: 6612089881
ISBN: 9786612089886
ISBN: 9780226401867
ISBN: 0226401863
ISBN: 0226401979
ISBN: 9780226401973
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xv, 294 pages)
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Edition: 1st pbk. ed.
Publisher: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1993, ©1991.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-287) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	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
Language Note:	English.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.