Medieval women in their communities
By: edited by Diane Watt.
Contributors: Watt, Diane, 1965-
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Toronto; Buffalo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 250
Subjects: Women -- Europe -- History -- Middle Ages, 500-1500.; Women -- Europe -- Social conditions.; Convents -- Europe -- History.; Community life -- Europe -- History.
Description: The lives of women in religious communities in late medieval Europe are the main focus of this volume which brings together a body of original research by historians and literary scholars and discusses a variety of such communities in France, Germany and Wales. The perspective is also broadened to include the lives of women in relation to the local community in places as far apart as East Anglian and southern Italy.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.