Veiled Women

Volume I: The Disappearance of Nuns from Anglo-Saxon England
Neuauflage 2000
ISBN: 978-0-7546-0043-5
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 248 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 454 g

Reihe: Studies in Early Medieval Britain and Ireland

There is no published account of the history of religious women in England before the Norman Conquest. Yet, female saints and abbesses, such as Hild of Whitby or Edith of Wilton, are among the most celebrated women recorded in Anglo-Saxon sources and their stories are of popular interest. This book offers the first general and critical assessment of female religious communities in early medieval England. It transforms our understanding of the different modes of religious vocation and institutional provision and thereby gives early medieval women’s history a new foundation.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Foot, Sarah

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents: Introduction; Female religious communities in England, 871-1066; Bibliography; Index of Anglo-Saxon charters.

Über Autor(innen)

Sarah Foot is Lecturer in medieval history at the Department of History, University of Sheffield.