Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 29817
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Cignoni , Arianna Pecorini
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  • Title: Fondazioni francescane femminili nella Provincia Tusciae del XIII secolo [The Franciscan province of Tuscany was founded in 1217, and its first list of nuns' houses dates to 1228. This article gives information about twenty Franciscan women's monasteries in the province, few of which survive today. Most of these monasteries we
  • Source: Collectanea Franciscana 80, 1-2 ( 2010): Pages 181 - 206.
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  • Article Type: Journal Article
  • Subject (See Also): Franciscan Order Monasticism Nuns Poor Clares Tuscany Women in Religion
  • Geographic Area: Italy
  • Century: 13
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  • Abstract: La storia del francescanesimo in Toscana inizia con il passaggio dello stesso san Francesco e soprattutto con la sua esperienza mistica sul Monte della Verna. Numerosissimi sono stati gli insediamenti delle varie famiglie del primo ordine e con Lucchesio
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  • Year of Publication: 2010.
  • Language: Italian
  • ISSN/ISBN: 00100749
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