Medieval Women Religious, c. 800-c. 1500

New Perspectives
A multi-disciplinary re-evaluation of the role of women religious in the Middle Ages, both inside and outside the cloister.
A multi-disciplinary re-evaluation of the role of women religious in the Middle Ages, both inside and outside the cloister.Medieval women found diverse ways of expressing their religious aspirations: within the cloister as members of monastic and religious orders, within the world as vowesses, or between the two as anchorites. Via a range of disciplinary approaches, from history, archaeology, literature, and the visual arts, the essays in this volume challenge received scholarly narratives and re-examine the roles of women religious: their authority and agency within their own communities and the wider world; their learning and literacy; place in the landscape; and visual culture. Overall, they highlight the impact of women on the world around them, the significance of their presence in communities, and the experiences and legacies they left behind.

Contributor: Janet Burton (Contributions by), Alison More (Contributions by), Mercedes Perez Vidal (Contributions by), Elizabeth Lehfeldt (Contributions by), Sara Charles (Contributions by), Diana Denissen (Contributions by), Laura Richmond (Contributions by), Tracy Collins (Contributions by), Kimm Curran (Edited by), Yvonne Seale (Contributions by), Kimm Curran (Contributions by), Katharine Sykes (Contributions by), Janet Burton (Edited by), Cate Gunn (Contributions by), Rachel Delman (Contributions by), Steven Vanderputten (Contributions by)

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