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Record Number:
3472
Author(s)/Creator(s):
McNamara , Jo Ann.
Contributor(s):
Title:
The Nun of Watton [translation of Aelred's account of the nun who sleeps with a young monk and becomes pregnant; the other nuns castrate the guilty youth but when the foetus disappears they judge it to be a miracle and cease punishing the penitent nun].
Source:
Magistra 1, 1 (Summer 1995): Pages 122 - 137.
Description:
Article Type:
Journal Article;Translation
Subject
(See Also)
:
Ælred, Abbot of Rievaulx, Saint- De Sanctimoniali De Wattun
Castration
Double Houses
Man Woman Relationships
Monasticism
Nuns
Sexuality
Translation
Virginity
Watton, Yorkshire (East Riding), England- Gilbertine Priory
Women in Religion
Award Note:
Geographic Area:
British Isles
Century:
12
Primary Evidence:
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Abstract:
Related Resources:
Author's Affiliation:
Hunter College
Conference Info:
- , -
Year of Publication:
1995.
Language:
English
ISSN/ISBN:
10797572