Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 13396
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Barone , Giulia.
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  • Title: Come studiare il monachesimo femminile [The history of nuns needs to go beyond famous names to include nuances of rules, practices, and the daily lives of the sisters. The least formal elements are the hardest to recover. Records and writings produced by nuns are scarce, and accounts of women mystics most often were written by men].
  • Source: Il monachesimo femminile in Italia dall' Alto Medioevo al secolo XVII a confronto con l' oggi.  Edited by Gabriella Zarri.  San Pietro in Cariano: Il Segno dei Gabrielli editori, 1997.  Pages 1 - 15.
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  • Article Type: Essay
  • Subject (See Also): Abbesses Hrotsvitha of Gandersheim, dramatist Monasticism Nuns
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  • Geographic Area: General
  • Century: General
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  • Year of Publication: 1997.
  • Language: Italian
  • ISSN/ISBN: Not Available