A Pernicious Sort of Woman": Quasi-Religious Women and Canon Lawyers in the Later Middle Ages
(Part of the Studies in Medieval and Early Modern Canon Law Series)
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WINNER OF THE 2007 HISTORY OF WOMEN RELIGIOUS DISTINGUISHED BOOK AWARD Whether they were secular canonesses or beguines, tertiaries or Sisters of the Common Life, quasi-religious women in the later Middle Ages lived their lives against a backdrop of struggle and insecurity resulting, in large measure, from their ambivalent legal status. Because they lacked one or more of the canonical earmarks of religious women strictly speaking, they had to justify...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0813213924
ISBN13:9780813213927
Release Date:May 2005
Publisher:Catholic University of America Press
Length:170 Pages
Weight:0.66 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 8.5"
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