Guidance for Women in Twelfth-Century Convents

Name: Guidance for Women in Twelfth-Century Convents
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By Jocelyn Wogan-Browne

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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.

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Binding:: Paperback
Number of Pages:: 216
Release Date:: 2012-03-15
Publication Date:: 2012-03-15
Publisher:: D.S.Brewer
Languages:: Original: English
ISBN10:: 1843842955
ISBN13:: 9781843842958
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Weight:: 279 g
Height:: 140 cm
Width:: 216 cm
Thickness:: 12 cm

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