Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 4317
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Feiss , Hugh, O.S.B.
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  • Title: Consecrated to Christ, Nuns of This Church Community: The Benedictines of Notre-Dame de Saintes, 1047-1792 [the author maintains that the documents and other evidence present "the picture of a large, independent, and self-consciously feminine community, which played an important part in the economic and cultural life of its region and possesed the vitality to survive long periods of war and other hardships during the 750 years of its existence" (Page 270)].
  • Source: American Benedictine Review 45, 3 (September 1994): Pages 269 - 302.
  • Description:
  • Article Type: Journal Article
  • Subject (See Also): Abbesses Benedictine Order Charters and Diplomatics Monasticism Patronage, Ecclesiastical Saintes, Charente-Maritime, France- Female Benedictine Abbey of Notre-Dame Women in Religion
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  • Geographic Area: France
  • Century: 11- 12- 13- 14- 15- 16- 17- 18
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  • Author's Affiliation: Mt. Angel Abbey, St. Benedict, Oregon
  • Conference Info: - , -
  • Year of Publication: 1994.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 00027650