Monastic women and religious orders in late medieval Bologna
Sherri Franks Johnson explores the roles of religious women in the changing ecclesiastical and civic structure of late medieval Bologna, demonstrating how convents negotiated a place in their urban context and in the church at large. During this period Bologna was the most important city in the Papa...
| Subtitles: | Monastic Women & Religious Orders in Late Medieval Bologna |
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
2014.
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| In: | Year: 2014 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bologna
/ Nun
/ Convent
/ Women's religious order
/ History 1200-1500
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| Further subjects: | B
History 1200-1500
B Bologna B Monasticism and religious orders for women (Italy) (Bologna) B Monasticism and religious orders for women Italy Bologna B Monastic And Religious Life Of Women Italy Bologna B Monastic And Religious Life Of Women (Italy) (Bologna) B Thesis B Monasticism and religious orders for women ; Italy ; Bologna B Monastic and religious life of women ; Italy ; Bologna |
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Non-electronic Print version: 9781107060852 |
| Summary: | Sherri Franks Johnson explores the roles of religious women in the changing ecclesiastical and civic structure of late medieval Bologna, demonstrating how convents negotiated a place in their urban context and in the church at large. During this period Bologna was the most important city in the Papal States after Rome. Using archival records from nunneries in the city, Johnson argues that communities of religious women varied in the extent to which they sought official recognition from the male authorities of religious orders. While some nunneries felt that it was important to their religious life to gain recognition from monks and friars, others were content to remain local and autonomous. In a period often described as an era of decline and the marginalization of religious women, Johnson shows instead that they saw themselves as active participants in their religious orders, in the wider church and in their local communities. New foundations in the thirteenth century -- New religious orders -- Convents and religious orders -- Nunneries and civic life -- Movement into the city -- Peaceful unions and "hostile takeovers |
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| Item Description: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015) |
| ISBN: | 110744764X |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781107447646 |