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Author Winston-Allen, Anne, 1942-

Title Convent chronicles : women writing about women and reform in the late Middle Ages / Anne Winston-Allen.

Imprint University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, ©2004.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe Special Collections Baron  830.93823 W733c 2004    ---  Lib Use Only
Description xvii, 345 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
text txt rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-338) and index.
Contents Women writing in the late Middle Ages -- Late medieval nunneries: accounts by women -- The "Women's Religious Movement" and the Observant movement: female piety and the establishment -- Women of the reform -- Opponents of the reform and enclosure -- Did nuns have a Renaissance? Libraries and literary activities -- "Femininity-in-writing": new heroines, strategies, and roles in late medieval piety.
Summary "In Convent Chronicles, Anne Winston-Allen offers a rare inside look at the Observant reform movement from the women's point of view." "Recovering long-overlooked writings by women in the fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries, Winston-Allen surveys the extraordinary literary and scribal activities in German- and Dutch-speaking religious communities in Italy, Switzerland, Germany, and the Low Countries. While previous studies have relied on records left by male activists, these women's narratives offer an alternative perspective that challenges traditional views of women's role and agency." "Convent Chronicles will be invaluable to scholars as well as to graduate and undergraduate students interested in the history of women's monasticism and religious writing."--Jacket.
Subject Christian literature, German -- History and criticism.
Christian literature, Dutch -- History and criticism.
German literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism.
Dutch literature -- 1500-1800 -- History and criticism.
Nuns as authors.
Women and literature.
Reformation -- Germany -- History.
Reformation -- Netherlands.
Littérature chrétienne allemande -- Histoire et critique.
Écrits de femmes allemands.
Littérature chrétienne néerlandaise -- Histoire et critique.
Écrits de femmes néerlandais.
Littérature allemande -- 1500-1700 -- Histoire et critique.
Littérature néerlandaise -- 1500-1800 -- Histoire et critique.
Religieuses écrivaines.
Femmes et littérature.
Réforme (Christianisme) -- Allemagne -- Histoire.
Réforme (Christianisme) -- Pays-Bas -- Histoire.
Christian literature, Dutch. (OCoLC)fst00859258
Christian literature, German. (OCoLC)fst00859293
Dutch literature. (OCoLC)fst00899846
German literature -- Early modern. (OCoLC)fst01710974
Nuns as authors. (OCoLC)fst01041402
Reformation. (OCoLC)fst01092555
Women and literature. (OCoLC)fst01177093
Germany. (OCoLC)fst01210272
Netherlands. (OCoLC)fst01204034
BMBF-Statusseminar (DE-588)1092055606
Frauenliteratur (DE-588)4113622-6
Geistliche Literatur (DE-588)4132327-0
Niederlande (DE-588)4042203-3
Religieuze literatuur.
Vrouwen.
Hervormingen.
Observanten.
Christian literature, German -- History and criticism.
Christian literature, Dutch -- History and criticism.
German literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism.
Dutch literature -- 1500-1800 -- History and criticism.
Nuns as authors.
Women and literature.
Reformation -- Germany -- History.
Reformation -- Netherlands.
Deutschland.
Chronological Term Geschichte 1250-1500.
1500-1800
Indexed Term Convents
Women. Middle Ages
Beguines
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Other Form: Online version: Winston-Allen, Anne, 1942- Convent chronicles. University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, ©2004 (OCoLC)988942825
ISBN 0271024607 (clothbound ; alk. paper)
9780271024608 (clothbound ; alk. paper)
0271028521 (pbk.)
9780271028521 (pbk.)
0271027096 (alk. paper ; pbk.)
9780271027098 (alk. paper ; pbk.)

 
    
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