Spiritual economies : female monasticism in later medieval England /
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| Author / Creator: | Warren, Nancy Bradley. |
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| Imprint: | Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2001. |
| Description: | xi, 276 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Middle Ages series |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4475820 |
Table of Contents:
- Pt. I. Monastic Identities in Theory and Practice
- 1. Vows and Visitations: Textual Transactions and the Shaping of Monastic Identity
- 2. The Value of the Mother Tongue: Vernacular Translations of Monastic Rules for Women
- 3. Accounting for Themselves: Nuns' Everyday Practices and Alternative Monastic Identities
- Pt. II. Beyond the Convent Wall: Female Monasticism in Later Medieval Culture
- 4. A Coin of Changing Value: Monastic Paradigms and Secular Women
- 5. Kings, Saints, and Nuns: Symbolic Capital and Political Authority in Fifteenth-Century England
- 6. Liabilities and Assets: Holy Women in the Literary Economy
- 7. Paying the Price: Holy Women and Political Conflict.
