Women's monasticism and medieval society
Subtitle: nunneries in France and England, 890-1215
By: Bruce L. Venarde.
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Ithaca
Language: eng
Number of pages: 243
Subjects: Convents -- Europe -- History.; Monasticism and religious orders for women -- History -- Middle Ages, 600-1500.
Description: In this innovative and engaging work, Bruce L. Venarde uncovers a largely unknown story of women's religious lives and puts female monasticism in the mainstream of medieval ecclesiastical history. Venarde deftly interweaves narrative and statistical data to describe in broad historical context the multiplication of French and English nunneries during the central Middle Ages.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-233) and indexes.