Women Religious: The Founding of English Nunneries After the Norman Conquest

by Sally Thompson

This book is a study of English nunneries in the years between 1100 and 1250, the heyday of monastic foundation. Based on a detailed analysis of the primary sources, it traces the early history of the many convents founded after the Norman Conquest, and relates this expansion to the development of the new European religious orders. Thompson examines the role played by patrons and founders in the growth of female monasticism. She penetrates the obscurity...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198200951
• ISBN13: 9780198200956
• Release Date: May 1991
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.5"