Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 2556
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): McGuire , Brian Patrick.
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  • Title: The Cistercians and Friendship: An Opening to Women [descriptions of spiritual friendships between male Cistercians and women; the author then suggests reasons for this change in attitude from the earlier Cistercian practice of avoiding any involvement with women].
  • Source: Hidden Springs: Cistercian Monastic Women. Book One. Medieval Religious Women Volume Three.  Edited by John A. Nichols and Lillian Thomas Shank, O.S.C.OCistercian Studies Series.  Cistercian Publications, 1995.  Pages 171 - 200.
  • Description:
  • Article Type: Essay
  • Subject (See Also): Cistercian Order Friendship Man Woman Relationships Monasticism Women in Religion
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  • Geographic Area: General
  • Century: 12-13
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  • Author's Affiliation: Copenhagen University
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  • Year of Publication: 1995.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 0879076135