Spiritual Economies: Female Monasticism in Later Medieval England

by Nancy Bradley Warren

From its creation in the early fourteenth century to its dissolution in the sixteenth, the nunnery at Dartford was among the richest in England. Although obliged to support not only its own community but also a priory of Dominican friars at King's Langley, Dartford prospered. Records attest to the business skill of the Dartford nuns, as they managed the house's numerous holdings of land and property, together with the rents and services owed them...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812235835
• ISBN13: 9780812235838
• Release Date: February 2001
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"