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Guidance for Women in Twelfth-century Convents

  • Paperback
  • 216 pages
  • Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
  • 14 x 21.6 x 1.2 cm

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These translated letters and texts composed for younger and older women in twelfth-century convents illuminate the powerful medieval ideals of virginity and chastity. Abelard's history of women's roles in the church and his letter on women's education, both written for Heloise in her work as abbess, are seen here alongside previously untranslated letters and texts for abbesses and nuns in England and France. An interpretive essay explores the practical and spiritual engagement of women's convents with medieval commemorative and memorial practices, showing that the professional concern of women religious with death goes far beyond the stereotype of nuns as dead to the world, or enclosed in living death. VERA MORTON gained an MA in Medieval Studies at the University of Liverpool in 1994. JOCELYN WOGAN-BROWNE is Professor of English at Fordham University, NY.
Guidance for Women in Twelfth-century Convents and Practicing the Way
Practicing the WayGuidance for Women in Twelfth-century Convents
  • Author

    Vera Morton

  • Book Format

    Paperback / softback

  • Publisher

    Boydell & Brewer Ltd

  • Published

    March 2012

  • Weight

    255g

  • Page Count

    216

  • Dimensions

    14 x 21.6 x 1.2 cm

  • ISBN

    9781843842958

  • ISBN-10

    1843842955

  • Eden Code

    4031520

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