Dark Age Nunneries: The Ambiguous Identity of Female Monasticism, 800-1050

by Steven Vanderputten

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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 extraordinarily high number of such institutions. Vanderputten highlights the attempts...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:150171595X

ISBN13:9781501715952

Release Date:May 2018

Publisher:Cornell University Press

Length:330 Pages

Weight:1.06 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Age Range:18 years and up

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

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History Religion Religion & Spirituality

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