the ambiguous identity of female monasticism, 800–1050
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Vanderputten, Steven
- Publish Year
- 2018
- Shelfmark
- FR 1C 2018 - B
- Thesaurus
- religieuzen, religieuze gemeenschappen, Frankrijk, middeleeuwen
- Description
- In this book 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 extraordinarily high number of such institutions.