Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 5470
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Skinner , Mary S.
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  • Title: French Abbesses in Action: Structuring Carolingian and Cluniac Communities [The author analyzes charters from six women's and five men's monasteries from Anjou, Touraine, and Poitou; the women's houses are Sainte Croix and Trinity, Poitiers; St. Loup/Beaumont, Tours; Ronceray, Angers; S. Georges, Rennes; and Notre Dame, Saintes]
  • Source: Magistra 6, 1 (Summer 2000): Pages 37 - 60.
  • Description:
  • Article Type: Journal Article
  • Subject (See Also): Abbesses Administration Charters and Diplomatics Monasticism Patronage, Ecclesiastical Women in Religion
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  • Geographic Area: France
  • Century: 9-10
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  • Table: Two tables. Table One Agents in Charters of Women's Monasteries, circa 850- 1050 C. E. Table Two Agents in Charters of Men's Monasteries, circa 850- 1150 C.E.
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  • Author's Affiliation: State University of New York, Empire State College and Ithaca College
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  • Year of Publication: 2000.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 10797572