LEADER 03614nam 2200733Ia 450 001 9910458047403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-226-40197-9 010 $a9786612089886 010 $a1-282-08988-9 024 7 $a10.7208/9780226401973 035 $a(CKB)1000000000396144 035 $a(EBL)432249 035 $a(OCoLC)404026173 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000148816 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11150110 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000148816 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10225476 035 $a(PQKB)10032205 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000084137 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11125729 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000084137 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10185313 035 $a(PQKB)11278914 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC432249 035 $a(DE-B1597)535664 035 $a(OCoLC)781292930 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780226401973 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL432249 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10292357 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL208988 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000396144 100 $a19970117e19931991 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aEqual in monastic profession$b[electronic resource] $ereligious women in Medieval France /$fPenelope D. Johnson 210 $aChicago $cUniversity of Chicago Press$d1993, c1991 215 $a1 online resource (312 p.) 225 1 $aWomen in culture and society 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-226-40186-3 311 $a0-226-40185-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 277-287) and index. 327 $t1. Introductions --$t1. Connecting Links --$t2. The Secular Community --$t3. The Ecclesiastical Community --$t2. Organizing Structures --$t4. The Serch for Perfection --$t5. The Structure --$t6. The Finances --$t3. Assessments --$t7. Religious Person Rather than Woman --$t8. Closing the Doors --$tAppendix A: The Twenty-six Female Monasteries Studied --$tAppenddix B. 330 $aIn this study of the manner in which medieval nuns lived, Penelope Johnson challenges facile stereotypes of nuns living passively under monastic rule, finding instead that collectively they were empowered by their communal privileges and status to think and act without many of the subordinate attitudes of secular women. In the words of one abbess comparing nuns with monks, they were "different as to their sex but equal in their monastic profession." Johnson researched more than two dozen nunneries in northern France from the eleventh century through the thirteenth century, balancing a qualitative reading of medieval monastic documents with a quantitative analysis of a lengthy thirteenth-century visitation record which allows an important comparison of nuns and monks. A fascinating look at the world of medieval spirituality, this work enriches our understanding of women's role in premodern Europe and in church history. 410 0$aWomen in culture and society. 606 $aNuns$zFrance$xHistory 606 $aMonasticism and religious orders for women$zFrance$xHistory$yMiddle Ages, 600-1500 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aNuns$xHistory. 615 0$aMonasticism and religious orders for women$xHistory 676 $a271.90044 676 $a271/.90044/09021 700 $aJohnson$b Penelope D$g(Penelope Delafield),$f1938-$0901404 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910458047403321 996 $aEqual in monastic profession$92014804 997 $aUNINA