Ordering women's lives : penitentials and nunnery rules in the early medieval West /: penitentials and nunnery rules in the early medieval West. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Julie Ann Smith.
• Authors: Smith, Julie Ann
• Contents: Section I -- Penitentials. History: Public penance ; Private penance ; Purposes of penance ; The place of penitentials in women's lives ; Sexuality. Sexuality within marriage: Marriage by abduction ; Serial monogamy ; Kin marriage ; Abstinence within marriage ; Modes of intercourse ; Adultery ; Divorce -- Sexuality outside marriage: Fornication ; Rape ; Sexual incest ; Prostitution ; Deviant sexuality -- Sacred space -- Clerical marriage and sexuality -- The nunnery -- Volition -- Work and magic. Women's work with non-magical associations: Healthcare ; Contraception and abortion ; Childcare -- Magical and pagan practices: Healing contraception and abortion ; Love magic ; Food preparation ; Textile work ; Intentional evil magic ; Funeral practices -- Section II -- Nunnery rules. History: Eremitic and domestic asceticism ; Augustine's 'rule for nuns' ; Early western monasticism ; Benedict's rule ; Caesarius' rule for nuns ; Columbanian monasticism ; Early monasticism in England ; Eighth-century Benedictine movement ; Tenth-century reform movements -- Enclosure: Nunnery structures ; The rules for enclosure -- Work and abstinence. Abstinence: Detachment from the secular world ; Relinquishment of status ; Poverty ; Avoidance of friendship ; Silence ; Simplicity of dress ; Fasting and food -- Work: Prayer ; Reading ; Domestic labour ; Special officers ; Abbess and Prioress -- Obedience.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2016
• Copyright Date: 2001
• Extent: 1 online resource (256 pages)
• Subjects: 271.90902; Monastic and religious life of women -- Europe, Western -- History -- Middle Ages, 600-1500; Penitentials -- History -- To 1500; Monastic and religious life of women -- Middle Ages; Penitentials; Nonnen; Vrouwenkloosters; Biechtboeken; Kloosterregels; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781351913546; 1351913549
• Related ISBNs: 9781138272323; 9781859282380
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.