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Religious life for women, c.1100-c.1350 : Fontevraud in England
- Title
- Religious life for women, c.1100-c.1350 : Fontevraud in England / Berenice M. Kerr.
- Author
- Kerr, Berenice M.
- Publication
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.
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- Description
- xix, 299 pages : illustrations, maps; 23 cm.
- Summary
- "This is the first detailed scholarly study of the Order of Fontevraud's English monastic houses. During the twelfth and thirteenth centuries the Order was notably prestigious and autonomous, renowned both for the prayerfulness of its members and for their independent management of their affairs."--Jacket.
- "The huge following of Robert Arbrissel (d. 1116) included many women - not at first the aristocrats who later dominated the Order of Fontevraud, but prostitutes, beggars, and other representatives of the dregs of society. Urged by Church authorities to stabilize his women followers, Robert gave them a Rule which was, in essentials, that of St. Benedict, but he introduced men as chaplains, clerks, and lay-brothers for the nuns. Uniquely, however, for contemporary houses for women, the men were placed firmly under the direction of the nuns and remained there throughout the Order's history."--Jacket.
- "Dr. Berenice Kerr's study of Fontevraud's English establishments: Amesbury, Nuneaton, and Westwood (Grovebury, the Order's fourth foundation, was never more than an administrative centre) opens up a wide range of insights and information about monasticism and religious life for women in the middle ages."--Jacket.
- Series Statement
- Oxford historical monographs
- Uniform Title
- Oxford historical monographs
- Subject
- Robert, of Arbrissel, approximately 1045-1117
- Eleanor, of Brittany, Abbess of Fontevraud, 1275-1342
- Eleanor, of Brittany, Abbess of Fontevraud, 1275-1342
- Robert, of Arbrissel, approximately 1045-1117
- Robert d'Arbrissel, (1045?-1116)
- Order of Fontevraud > England > History > Middle Ages, 600-1500
- Order of Fontevraud
- Ordre de Fontevraud > Grande-Bretagne > Moyen âge
- Abbaye Notre-Dame de Fontevrault > Moyen âge
- 600-1500
- Monastic and religious life of women > England > History > Middle Ages, 600-1500
- Monastic and religious life of women > Middle Ages
- Kloosterleven
- Orde van Fontevrault
- Monachisme et ordres religieux féminins > Grande-Bretagne > Angleterre (GB) > Moyen âge
- Fondations pieuses > Grande-Bretagne > Angleterre (GB) > Moyen âge
- Vie religieuse et monastique féminine > Grande-Bretagne > Moyen âge
- England
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [250]-271) and index.
- Contents
- 1. Robert of Arbrissel: The Reluctant Founder -- 2. The English Foundations -- 3. Behind the Walls: Religious Life -- 4. Making Ends Meet: The Domestic Economy -- 5. Exploitation of Assets I: Land and Demesne Produce -- 6. Exploitation of Assets II: Assets other than Land and Demesne Produce -- 7. Conclusion -- App. Personnel in the English Foundations of Fontevraud.
- ISBN
- 0198207522
- 9780198207528
- 9786610445424
- 6610445427
- LCCN
- 98050341
- OCLC
- ocm40489088
- 40489088
- SCSB-961860
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library