Equal in monastic profession : religious women in Medieval France

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Equal in monastic profession : religious women in Medieval France

Title remainder

religious women in Medieval France

Statement of responsibility

Penelope D. Johnson

Creator

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

Subject

• History
• Monasticism and religious orders for women -- France -- History -- Middle Ages, 600-1500
• Nuns -- France -- History

Genre

• History

Language

eng

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 qualitative reading of medieval monastic documents with a quantitative analysis of a lengthy thirteenth-century visitation record which allows an important comparison of nuns and monks. A fascinating look at the world of medieval spirituality, this work enriches our understanding of women's role in premodern Europe and in church history

Member of

• Women in culture and society

Cataloging source

DLC

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

Women in culture and society