Woman under Monasticism: Chapters on Saint-Lore and Convent Life between A.D. 500 and A.D. 1500

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Church, Church History, History, European General

• Author: Lina Eckenstein
• ISBN: 1230000133850
• Publisher: VolumesOfValue
• Publication: May 18, 2013
• Language: English

This edition features a linked Table of Contents, Footnotes, and Index

CONTENTS
Preface
CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY.
CHAPTER II. CONVENTS AMONG THE FRANKS, A.D. 550-650.
CHAPTER III. CONVENTS AMONG THE ANGLO-SAXONS, A.D. 630-730.
CHAPTER IV. ANGLO-SAXON NUNS IN CONNECTION WITH BONIFACE.
CHAPTER V. CONVENTS IN SAXON LANDS BETWEEN A.D. 800-1000.
CHAPTER VI. THE MONASTIC REVIVAL OF THE MIDDLE AGES.
CHAPTER VII. ART INDUSTRIES IN THE NUNNERY.
CHAPTER VIII. PROPHECY AND PHILANTHROPY.
CHAPTER IX. EARLY MYSTIC LITERATURE.
CHAPTER X. SOME ASPECTS OF THE CONVENT IN ENGLAND DURING THE LATER MIDDLE AGES.
CHAPTER XI. MONASTIC REFORM PREVIOUS TO THE REFORMATION.
CHAPTER XII. THE DISSOLUTION.
Conclusion
Appendix. The Rhyme of Herrad
Index