TY - BOOK AU - Vanderputten,Steven TI - Dark age nunneries: the ambiguous identity of female monasticism, 800-1050 SN - 9781501715976 AV - BX4220.E85 U1 - 271/.90009021 23 PY - 2018/// CY - Ithaca PB - Cornell University Press KW - Monastic and religious life of women KW - Europe KW - History KW - Middle Ages, 600-1500 KW - Monasticism and religious orders for women KW - Convents KW - To 1500 KW - fast KW - Middle Ages KW - RELIGION / Institutions & Organizations KW - bisacsh KW - RELIGION / Monasticism KW - Church history KW - 600-1500 KW - Electronic books N1 - 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 UR - http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1615417 ER -