Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 5320
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  • Title: Mulieres religiosae, Strictly Speaking: Some Fourteenth-Century Canonical Opinions [The author argues that some canonists chose to stretch the definitions to include such quasi-religious women as beguines and canonesses within the protections and privileges of canon law].
  • Source: Catholic Historical Review 85, 1 (January 1999): Pages 1 - 14.
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  • Article Type: Journal Article
  • Subject (See Also): Beguines Canon Law Consilia, Legal Genre Lay Piety Secular Canonesses Women in Religion
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  • Geographic Area: General
  • Century: 14
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  • Year of Publication: 1999.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 00088080