Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 7840
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Hen , Yitzhak.
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  • Title: Milites Christi utriusque sexus: Gender and the Politics of Conversion in the Circle of Boniface [The author argues that Boniface gave nuns new roles in inculcating Christian ideas and values; the author cites the case study of Leoba who had direct interaction with the people she had come to teach].
  • Source: Revue Bénédictine 109, 40180 ( 1999): Pages 17 - 31.
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  • Article Type: Journal Article
  • Subject (See Also): Boniface, Saint Conversion, Religious Hagiography Leoba, Abbess of Tauberbischofsheim, Saint Miracles Missionaries Monasticism Nuns Rudolph of Fulda, Author- Vita Leobae Abbatissae Women in Religion
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  • Geographic Area: Germany
  • Century: 8
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  • Author's Affiliation: University of Haifa
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  • Year of Publication: 1999.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 00350893