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BOOK REVIEW: The Tapestry by Nancy Bilyeau

Medievalists.net — Sun, 26 Jul 2015 22:32:02 +0000

Joanna Stafford, our intrepid ex-Dominican super sleuth is at it again. This time, she’s hurled straight into the midst of plotting and deception at Henry VIII’s court.

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The Nun’s Crown

Medievalists.net — Sat, 06 Dec 2014 05:11:36 +0000

The nun’s crown, a white linen circlet with overlapping bands forming a cross worn over her veil, formed part of the dress of monastic women in northern Germany.

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‘Forget Your People and Your Father’s House’: Teresa de Cartagena and the Converso Identity

Medievalists.net — Wed, 03 Dec 2014 16:32:46 +0000

Religion is a very important factor to take into consideration in discussions about the identity of the conversos [converts] or New Christians, an emerging group in 15th-century Castile.

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An Apostolic Vocation: The Formation of the Religious Life for the Dominican Sisters in the Thirteenth Century

Medievalists.net — Mon, 17 Nov 2014 11:18:10 +0000

The Dominican vocation sprang from complex historical understandings of the vita apostolica, and the Dominican women’s religio should be approached as part of these same contexts and perceptions.

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Skirts and Politics: The Cistercian Monastery of Harvestehude and the Hamburg City Council

Medievalists.net — Fri, 14 Nov 2014 11:30:40 +0000

In 1482, Catharina Arndes lifted up her skirts in front of the archbishop’s chaplain. She was a respectable townswoman from Hamburg, and her action was carried out in defense of the Cistercian monastery of Harvestehude which was close to the city and where several of Catharina’s nieces lived as nuns.

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Women’s monasticism in late medieval Bologna, 1200-1500

Medievalists.net — Tue, 04 Nov 2014 12:31:04 +0000

This dissertation explores the fluid relationship between monastic women and religious orders. I examine the roles of popes and their representatives, governing bodies of religious orders, and the nunneries themselves in outlining the contours of those relationships.

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The influence of conflicting medieval church and social discourses on individual consciousness : dissociation in the visions of Hadewijch of Brabant

Medievalists.net — Fri, 10 Oct 2014 11:43:36 +0000

This article examines the influence of the conflicting dis- courses in the medieval church and its social context on the subconscious experiences of Hadewijch of Brabant, a 13th century Flemish visionary, mystical author, vernacular theologian and Beguine leader

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Amending the Ascetic: Community and Character in the Old English Life of St. Mary of Egypt

Medievalists.net — Tue, 12 Aug 2014 13:44:53 +0000

Among the most eligible saints for such treatment, Mary of Egypt deserves particular consideration: her popularity is evidenced by over a hundred extant Greek manuscripts of her Life and her uniquely prominent position in the Lenten liturgical cycle in the Eastern Church.

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Women, Heresy, and Crusade: Toward a Context for Jacques de Vitry’s Relationship to the Early Beguines

Medievalists.net — Wed, 06 Aug 2014 13:20:05 +0000

Grundmann‘s search for a founding figure is understandable in light of the problematic nature of Beguine institutional history. Beguine historiography has long struggled with the anomalous lack of clear foundation documents and accounts.

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Living la vita apostolica: Life expectancy and mortality of nuns in late-medieval Holland

Medievalists.net — Mon, 28 Jul 2014 10:34:09 +0000

Living la vita apostolica: Life expectancy and mortality of nuns in late-medieval Holland Jaco Zuijderduijn (Utrecht University ) Centre for Global Economic History: Utrecht University, Working Paper No. 44, June (2013) Abstract Data on vital events of medieval women are extremely scarce. We use a dataset based on a necrology of nuns in late-medieval Holland […]

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