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Record Number:
4429
Author(s)/Creator(s):
Schuchman , Anne M.
Contributor(s):
Title:
"Within the Walls of Paradise": Space and Community in the "Vita" of Umiliana de' Cerchi [Umiliata dei Cerchi was a 13th century Florentine laywoman who, as a widow, lived a religious life in her family’s tower house. Franciscan friar Vito da Cortona wrote her “vita” shortly after her death in 1246. Schuchman focuses on the text's description of Umiliata’s life in the tower as a substitute for joining a monastery. Title note supplied by Feminae.]
Source:
Negotiating Community and Difference in Medieval Europe: Gender, Power, Patronage, and the Authority of Religion in Latin Christendom. Edited by Katherine Allen Smith and Scott WellsStudies in the History of Christian Traditions. Brill, 2009. Pages 49 - 64.
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Article Type:
Essay
Subject
(See Also)
:
Community
Franciscan Order- Tertiaries
Hagiography
Lay Piety
Monastic Enclosure
Penitents
Public Space
Tower Houses
Umiliata dei Cerchi, Penitent and Saint
Vito da Cortona, Franciscan Friar and Author
Widows
Women in Religion
Award Note:
Geographic Area:
Italy
Century:
13
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Author's Affiliation:
New York University
Conference Info:
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Year of Publication:
2009.
Language:
English
ISSN/ISBN:
9789004171251