Dark age nunneries: the ambiguous identity of female monasticism, 800–1050
Auteur :
Vanderputten, Steven
Éditeur :
Cornell University Press
ISBN :
9781501715952
Date de publication :
15 mai 2018
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 1,9 cm
Poids :
481 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
In Dark Age Nunneries, Steven Vanderputten dismantles the common view of women religious between 800 and 1050 as disempowered or even disinterested witnesses to their own lives. It is based on a study of primary sources from forty female monastic communities in Lotharingia—a politically and culturally diverse region that boasted an...