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Record Number:
17892
Author(s)/Creator(s):
Hemptinne , Thérèse.de
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Title:
Reading, Writing, and Devotional Practices: Lay and Religious Women and the Written Word in the Low Countries (1350-1550) [The author argues in part that manuscripts in the vernacular served as a means of connection among female relatives and friends, both urban laywomen and those in religious life (Beguines as well as nuns). Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source:
The Voice of Silence: Women's Literacy in a Men's Church. Edited by Thérèse de Hemptinne and María Eugenia GóngoraMedieval Church Studies. Brepols, 2004. Pages 111 - 126.
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Article Type:
Essay
Subject
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:
Devotional Practices
Friendship
Lay Piety
Literacy
Manuscripts- Ownership of
Readers
Vernacular Language
Woman Woman Relationships
Women in Religion
Writing
Geographic Area:
Low Countries
Century:
14- 15- 16
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Year of Publication:
2004.
Language:
English
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