Equal In Monastic Profession

Author : Penelope D. Johnson
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2009-05-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780226401973

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Equal in Monastic Profession by Penelope D. Johnson Pdf

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.

Author : Penelope Delafield Johnson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Monasticism and religious orders for women
ISBN : OCLC:278053845

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Equal in Monastic Profession by Penelope Delafield Johnson Pdf

Author : Penelope D Johnson,American Council of Learned Societies
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:907453353

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Equal in Monastic Profession by Penelope D Johnson,American Council of Learned Societies Pdf

Author : NA NA
Publisher : Springer
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2016-04-30
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781349618743

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Listening To Heloise by NA NA Pdf

Heloise, the twelfth-century French abbess and reformer, emerges from this book as one of history's most extraordinary women, a thinker-writer of profound insight and skill. Her supple and learned mind attracted the most radical philosopher of her time, Peter Abelard. He became her teacher, lover, husband, and finally monastic ally. That relationship has made her fame until now. But Heloise is far more important in her own right. Seventeen experts of international standing collaborate here to reveal and analyze how Heloise's daring achievements shaped normative issues of theology, rhetoric, rational argument, gender, and emotional authenticity. At last we are able to see her for herself, in her moment of history and human awareness.

Author : Leanne M. Dzubinski,Anneke H. Stasson
Publisher : Baker Academic
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2021-04-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781493429189

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Women in the Mission of the Church by Leanne M. Dzubinski,Anneke H. Stasson Pdf

Women have been central to the work of Christian ministry from the time of Jesus to the twenty-first century. Yet the story of Christianity is too often told as a story of men. This accessibly written book tells the story of women throughout church history, demonstrating their integral participation in the church's mission. It highlights the legacies of a wide variety of women, showing how they have overcome obstacles to their ministries and have transformed cultural constraints to spread the gospel and build the church.

Author : Anna Harrison
Publisher : Liturgical Press
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2022-09-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780879071899

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Thousands and Thousands of Lovers by Anna Harrison Pdf

Thousands and Thousands of Lovers examines the spiritual significance of community to the Cistercian nuns of Helfta—a concern that lies at the heart of the monastery’s literature. Focusing on a woefully understudied resource and the largest body of female-authored writings in the thirteenth century, this book offers insight into the religious preoccupations of a theologically expert and intellectually vibrant cloister to reveal a subtle interplay between communal practice and private piety, other-directed attention, and inward-religious impulse. It considers the nuns’ attitudes toward community among themselves and with their household members as well as with souls in purgatory and the saints.

Author : Patricia Wittberg
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1994-10-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781438424316

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The Rise and Fall of Catholic Religious Orders by Patricia Wittberg Pdf

Author : Order Of St. Benedict
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2011-06-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1258035847

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Rite of Monastic Profession by Order Of St. Benedict Pdf

Author : Jennifer Ward
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2016-04-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317245131

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Women in Medieval Europe 1200-1500 by Jennifer Ward Pdf

Women in Medieval Europe explores the key areas of female experience in the later medieval period, from peasant women to Queens. It considers the women of the later Middle Ages in the context of their social relationships during a time of changing opportunities and activities, so that by 1500 the world of work was becoming increasingly restricted to women. The chapters are arranged thematically to show the varied roles and lives of women in and out of the home, covering topics such as marriage, religion, family and work. For the second edition a new chapter draws together recent work on Jewish and Muslim women, as well as those from other ethnic groups, showing the wide ranging experiences of women from different backgrounds. Particular attention is paid to women at work in the towns, and specifically urban topics such as trade, crafts, healthcare and prostitution. The latest research on women, gender and masculinity has also been incorporated, along with updated further reading recommendations. This fully revised new edition is a comprehensive yet accessible introduction to the topic, perfect for all those studying women in Europe in the later Middle Ages.

Author : Bruce L. Venarde
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2018-05-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781501717246

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Women's Monasticism and Medieval Society by Bruce L. Venarde Pdf

In this engaging work, Bruce L. Venarde uncovers a largely unknown story of women's religious lives and puts female monasticism back in the mainstream of medieval ecclesiastical history. To chart the expansion of nunneries in France and England during the central Middle Ages, he presents statistics and narratives to describe growth in broad historical contexts, with special attention to social and economic change. Venarde explains that in the years 1000–1300 the number of nunneries within Europe grew tenfold. In the eleventh and twelfth centuries, religious institutions for women developed in a variety of ways, mostly outside the self-conscious reform movements that have been the traditional focus of monastic history. Not reforming monks but wandering preachers, bishops, and the women and men of local petty aristocracies made possible the foundation of new nunneries. In times of increased agrarian wealth, decentralization of power, and a shortage of potential spouses, many women decided to become nuns and proved especially adept at combining spiritual search with practical acumen. This era of expansion came to an end in the thirteenth century when forces of regulation and new economic realities reduced radically the number of new nunneries. Venarde argues that the factors encouraging and inhibiting monastic foundations for men and women were much more similar than scholars have previously assumed.

Author : Scott Wells,Katherine Smith
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2009-05-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9789047424567

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Negotiating Community and Difference in Medieval Europe by Scott Wells,Katherine Smith Pdf

Encompassing the work of historians, art-historians, and literary scholars, these essays explore how interrelated processes of communal inclusion and exclusion - articulated through institutions, discourses, performances, and artefacts - shaped the construction of individual and collective identities in medieval Europe.

Author : James G. Clark
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Page : 393 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2014-11-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781843839736

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The Benedictines in the Middle Ages by James G. Clark Pdf

A comprehensive survey of the origins, development, and influence of the most important monastic order in the middle ages.

Author : Ronald Stansbury
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2010-05-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004193482

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A Companion to Pastoral Care in the Late Middle Ages (1200-1500) by Ronald Stansbury Pdf

Using a variety of sources and disciplinary angles, this book shows the many and varied ways in which pastoral care came to play such an important role in the day to day lives of medieval people. 1 volume, 335-page, 17-chapter, English-language survey of study of medieval pastors (priests, bishops, abbots, abbesses, popes, etc.) and their relationship to their respective congregations (1215-1536).

Author : Katherine Smith,Katherine Allen Smith
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2013-09-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781843838678

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War and the Making of Medieval Monastic Culture by Katherine Smith,Katherine Allen Smith Pdf

"An extremely interesting and important book... makes an important contribution to the history of medieval monastic spirituality in a formative period, whilst also fitting into wider debates on the origins, development and impact of ideas on crusading and holy war." Dr William Purkis, University of Birmingham Monastic culture has generally been seen as set apart from the medieval battlefield, as "those who prayed" were set apart from "those who fought". However, in this first study of the place of war within medieval monastic culture, the author shows the limitations of this division. Through a wide reading of Latin sermons, letters, and hagiography, she identifies a monastic language of war that presented the monk as the archetypal "soldier of Christ" and his life of prayer as a continuous combat with the devil: indeed, monks' claims to supremacy on the spiritual battlefield grew even louder as Church leaders extended the title of "soldier of Christ" to lay knights and crusaders. So, while medieval monasteries have traditionally been portrayed as peaceful sanctuaries in a violent world, here the author demonstrates that monastic identity was negotiated through real and imaginary encounters with war, and that the concept of spiritual warfare informed virtually every aspect of life in the cloister. It thus breaks new ground in the history of European attitudes toward warfare and warriors in the age of the papal reform movement and the early crusades. Katherine Allen Smith is Assistant Professor of History, University of Puget Sound.

Author : Therese Martin
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 1185 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9789004185555

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Reassessing the Roles of Women as 'Makers' of Medieval Art and Architecture (2 Vol. Set) by Therese Martin Pdf

The twenty-four studies in this volume propose a new approach to framing the debate around the history of medieval art and architecture to highlight the multiple roles played by women, moving beyond today's standard division of artist from patron.