03054oam 2200637I 450 991045102410332120200520144314.01-135-88825-61-280-06371-80-203-01171-610.4324/9780203011713 (CKB)1000000000256204(EBL)214529(OCoLC)475921202(SSID)ssj0000273400(PQKBManifestationID)11247453(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000273400(PQKBWorkID)10313494(PQKB)11635408(MiAaPQ)EBC214529(Au-PeEL)EBL214529(CaPaEBR)ebr10094031(CaONFJC)MIL6371(OCoLC)252909420(EXLCZ)99100000000025620420130331d2003 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWomen of the Humiliati a lay religious order in medieval civic life /Sally Mayall BrasherNew York :Routledge,2003.1 online resource (161 p.)Studies in medieval history and culture ;v. 19Description based upon print version of record.0-415-80346-2 0-415-96634-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. 133-140) and index.BOOK COVER; HALF-TITLE; TITLE02; TITLE01; COPYRIGHT; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; LIST OF TABLES; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION AND HISTORIOGRAPHY; CHAPTER TWO THE ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE OF THE HUMILIATI; CHAPTER THREE GENDER COMPOSITION OF THE HUMILIATI; CHAPTER FOUR THE SOCIAL COMPOSITION OF THE HUMILIATI; CHAPTER FIVE THE HUMILIATI AS "HUMBLE WEAVERS"; CHAPTER SIX EVIDENCE OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITY AND CHARITY; CONCLUSION; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEXThis book examines the contribution of women to the Humiliati movement, providing original archival evidence indicating that women dominated the group's membership. These findings have implications for both women's spirituality and women's work, correcting the received opinion that the patriarchal nature of Italian society and of the church limited the institutional options available to women. It also suggests that women found innovative ways to participate in the increasingly restrictive textile industry of the region. This work provides a glimpse at the novel ways in which women in medieval Studies in medieval history and culture ;v. 19.HumiliatiMonastic and religious life of womenItalyHistoryMiddle Ages, 500-1500Electronic books.Humiliati.Monastic and religious life of womenHistory271/.97Brasher Sally Mayall1961-,878640MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451024103321Women of the Humiliati1961733UNINA