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Record Number:
1793
Author(s)/Creator(s):
Galloway , Penelope.
Contributor(s):
Title:
Discreet and Devout Maidens: Women's Involvement in Beguine Communities in Northern France, 1200-1500 [explores the efforts of rulers (including the countesses of Flanders, Jeanne and Marguerite), members of the bourgeoisie, and beguines themselves to develop and finance beguine houses in Douai and Lille].
Source:
Medieval Women in Their Communities. Edited by Diane Watt. University of Toronto Press, 1997. Pages 92 - 115.
Description:
Article Type:
Essay
Subject
(See Also)
:
Beguines
Douai, Nord, France
Flanders
Lay Piety
Lille, Nord, France
Patronage, Ecclesiastical
Wills
Women in Religion
Award Note:
Geographic Area:
France
Century:
13- 14- 15
Primary Evidence:
Illustrations:
Table:
Abstract:
Author's Affiliation:
Balliol College, University of Oxford
Conference Info:
- , -
Year of Publication:
1997.
Language:
English
ISSN/ISBN:
0802042899