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Vanderputten, Steven,

Dark age nunneries : the ambiguous identity of female monasticism, 800-1050 / Steven Vanderputten. - 1 online resource

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Setting the boundaries for legitimate experimentation -- Holy vessels, brides of Christ : ambiguous ninth-century realities -- Transitions, continuities, and the struggle for monastic lordship -- Reforms, "semi-reforms," and the silencing of women religious in the tenth century -- New beginnings -- Monastic ambiguities in the new millennium.

ISBN: 9781501715976 1501715976

Source: 22573/ctt1w0f66z JSTOR

LCCN: 2017039896

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
To 1500

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Monastic and religious life of women--History--Europe--Middle Ages, 600-1500.
Monasticism and religious orders for women--History--Europe--Middle Ages, 600-1500.
Convents--History--Europe--To 1500.
Convents.
Monastic and religious life of women--Middle Ages.
Monasticism and religious orders for women--Middle Ages.
RELIGION / Institutions & Organizations
RELIGION / Monasticism

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Europe--Church history--600-1500.
Europe.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Church history.
History.
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: BX4220.E85

Dewey Class. No.: 271/.90009021