Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 7143
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Kelly , Henry Ansgar.
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  • Title: A Neo-Revisionist Looks at Chaucer's Nuns [historical sketch of English nuns' conditions including estimated numbers, sources of income, opportunities to go on pilgrimage, and the priests associated with women's monasteries].
  • Source: Chaucer Review 31, 2 ( 1996): Pages 115 - 132.
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  • Article Type: Journal Article
  • Subject (See Also): Chaucer, Geoffrey, Poet- Canterbury Tales- General Prologue Literature- Verse Monasticism Nuns Nuns in Literature Prioress (Literary Figure) Women in Religion
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  • Geographic Area: British Isles
  • Century: 14
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  • Author's Affiliation: University of California, Los Angeles
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  • Year of Publication: 1996.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 00092002