03169cam a2200637Ki 4500 on1037275439 OCoLC 20200709060614.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 180524s1997 nyuab ob 001 0 eng d N$T eng rda pn N$T YDX JSTOR 9781501717246 (electronic bk.) 1501717243 (electronic bk.) 0801432030 9780801432033 1814666 (N$T) (OCoLC)1037275439 22573/ctv1krtk3 JSTOR e------ BX4220.E85 V46 1997eb REL 016000 bisacsh REL 086000 bisacsh HIS 037010 bisacsh HIS 058000 bisacsh 271/.9/00420902 22 MAIN Venarde, Bruce L., 1962- Women's monasticism and medieval society : nunneries in France and England, 890-1215 / Bruce L. Venarde. Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1997. 1 online resource (xix, 243 pages) : illustrations, maps. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-233) and indexes. The expansion of female monasticism in the Central Middle Ages -- The old-fashioned way: Foundations in the tenth and eleventh centuries -- Nunneries in the Age of Change, circa 1080-circa 1170 -- Social and economic contexts in the eleventh and twelfth centuries -- The end of an era, circa 1170-circa 1215. "In this innovative and engaging work, Bruce L. Venarde uncovers a largely unknown story of women's religious lives and puts female monasticism in the mainstream of medieval ecclesiastical history. Venarde deftly interweaves narrative and statistical data to describe in broad historical context the multiplication of French and English nunneries during the central Middle Ages."--Jacket. Print version record. Master record variable field(s) change: 072 Convents Europe History. Monasticism and religious orders for women History Middle Ages, 600-1500. Convents. fast (OCoLC)fst00877187 Monasticism and religious orders for women Middle Ages. fast (OCoLC)fst01907097 Europe. fast (OCoLC)fst01245064 Nonnen. gtt Vrouwenkloosters. gtt RELIGION / Institutions & Organizations bisacsh RELIGION / Monasticism bisacsh History. fast (OCoLC)fst01411628 Electronic books. Print version: Venarde, Bruce L., 1962- Women's monasticism and medieval society. Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1997 0801432030 (DLC) 96030260 (OCoLC)35008240 EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1814666 YBP Library Services YANK 15443421 EBSCOhost EBSC 1814666 92 N$T 57598 57598