03614nam 2200733Ia 450 991045804740332120200520144314.00-226-40197-997866120898861-282-08988-910.7208/9780226401973(CKB)1000000000396144(EBL)432249(OCoLC)404026173(SSID)ssj0000148816(PQKBManifestationID)11150110(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000148816(PQKBWorkID)10225476(PQKB)10032205(SSID)ssj0000084137(PQKBManifestationID)11125729(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000084137(PQKBWorkID)10185313(PQKB)11278914(MiAaPQ)EBC432249(DE-B1597)535664(OCoLC)781292930(DE-B1597)9780226401973(Au-PeEL)EBL432249(CaPaEBR)ebr10292357(CaONFJC)MIL208988(EXLCZ)99100000000039614419970117e19931991 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrEqual in monastic profession[electronic resource] religious women in Medieval France /Penelope D. JohnsonChicago University of Chicago Press1993, c19911 online resource (312 p.)Women in culture and societyDescription based upon print version of record.0-226-40186-3 0-226-40185-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-287) and index.1. Introductions --1. Connecting Links --2. The Secular Community --3. The Ecclesiastical Community --2. Organizing Structures --4. The Serch for Perfection --5. The Structure --6. The Finances --3. Assessments --7. Religious Person Rather than Woman --8. Closing the Doors --Appendix A: The Twenty-six Female Monasteries Studied --Appenddix B.In this study of the manner in which medieval nuns lived, Penelope Johnson challenges facile stereotypes of nuns living passively under monastic rule, finding instead that collectively they were empowered by their communal privileges and status to think and act without many of the subordinate attitudes of secular women. In the words of one abbess comparing nuns with monks, they were "different as to their sex but equal in their monastic profession." Johnson researched more than two dozen nunneries in northern France from the eleventh century through the thirteenth century, balancing a qualitative reading of medieval monastic documents with a quantitative analysis of a lengthy thirteenth-century visitation record which allows an important comparison of nuns and monks. A fascinating look at the world of medieval spirituality, this work enriches our understanding of women's role in premodern Europe and in church history.Women in culture and society.NunsFranceHistoryMonasticism and religious orders for womenFranceHistoryMiddle Ages, 600-1500Electronic books.NunsHistory.Monasticism and religious orders for womenHistory271.90044271/.90044/09021Johnson Penelope D(Penelope Delafield),1938-901404MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910458047403321Equal in monastic profession2014804UNINA