A Small Sound of the Trumpet: Women in Medieval LifeDescribes the daily life of noblewomen, nuns, and peasants in feudal England and Europe, looks at the treatment of lepers, beggars, prostitutes, and criminals, and offers brief profiles of prominent medieval women. |
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Page 107
... Cistercians that affected women as well as men . The Cistercian general chapter disliked this and made various attempts to disavow any official responsibility for nuns , but nunneries following the Cistercian rule continued to ...
... Cistercians that affected women as well as men . The Cistercian general chapter disliked this and made various attempts to disavow any official responsibility for nuns , but nunneries following the Cistercian rule continued to ...
Page 115
... Cistercian abbeys had been characteristic of a society rooted in the countryside . Beguinages sprung up during the twelfth century in the diocese of Liège and spread to the nearby districts of northern France , Flanders , and southern ...
... Cistercian abbeys had been characteristic of a society rooted in the countryside . Beguinages sprung up during the twelfth century in the diocese of Liège and spread to the nearby districts of northern France , Flanders , and southern ...
Page 123
... Cistercian , Aelred had been inhibited by the growing Cistercian unwillingness to undertake direction of or responsibility for female religious . His sister's cell was probably in the north near Hexham or Durham , an area where there ...
... Cistercian , Aelred had been inhibited by the growing Cistercian unwillingness to undertake direction of or responsibility for female religious . His sister's cell was probably in the north near Hexham or Durham , an area where there ...
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