Women's monasticism and medieval society: nunneries in France and England, 890-1215 9780801432033, 9780801486159

Table of contents :
Frontmatter
Illustrations (page ix)
Preface (page xi)
Note on Terms (page xvii)
Abbreviations (page xix)
CHAPTER 1 The Expansion of Female Monasticism in the Central Middle Ages (page 1)
CHAPTER 2 The Old-Fashioned Way: Foundations in the Tenth and Eleventh Centuries (page 17)
CHAPTER 3 Nunneries in an Age of Change, circa 1080-circa 1170 (page 52)
CHAPTER 4 Social and Economic Contexts in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries (page 89)
CHAPTER 5 The End of an Era, circa 1170-circa 1215 (page 133)
EPILOGUE (page 170)
APPENDIX A Repertory of Monastic Foundations and Refoundations (page 187)
APPENDIX B Diocesan Centers and Other Cities (page 211)
Bibliography (page 215)
Index of Monastic Houses (page 235)
General Index (page 239)

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