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The beguines of Medieval Paris : gender, patronage and spiritual authority
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ISBN: 9780812246070 0812246071 1322512523 0812209680 0812224116 Year: 2014 Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa University of Pennsylvania Press

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In the thirteenth century, Paris was the largest city in Western Europe, the royal capital of France, and the seat of one of Europe's most important universities. In this vibrant and cosmopolitan city, the beguines, women who wished to devote their lives to Christian ideals without taking formal vows, enjoyed a level of patronage and esteem that was uncommon among like communities elsewhere. Some Parisian beguines owned shops and played a vital role in the city's textile industry and economy. French royals and nobles financially supported the beguinages, and university clerics looked to the beguines for inspiration in their pedagogical endeavors. The Beguines of Medieval Paris examines these religious communities and their direct participation in the city's commercial, intellectual, and religious life.Drawing on an array of sources, including sermons, religious literature, tax rolls, and royal account books, Tanya Stabler Miller contextualizes the history of Parisian beguines within a spectrum of lay religious activity and theological controversy. She examines the impact of women on the construction of medieval clerical identity, the valuation of women's voices and activities, and the surprising ways in which local networks and legal structures permitted women to continue to identify as beguines long after a church council prohibited the beguine status. Based on intensive archival research, The Beguines of Medieval Paris makes an original contribution to the history of female religiosity and labor, university politics and intellectual debates, royal piety, and the central place of Paris in the commerce and culture of medieval Europe.

Cities of ladies : beguine communities in the medieval Low Countries, 1200-1565
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ISBN: 0812218531 0812236041 9780812236040 9780812218534 Year: 2001 Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa University of Pennsylvania Press

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Women, work and religion in the Southern Low Countries The formation of Beguinages The contemplative and the active live The social composition of beguine communities Conflict and coexistence Conclusion

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Church history --- Beguines --- History --- Monasticism and religious orders for women --- History. --- Benelux countries --- Church history. --- -Monasticism and religious orders for women --- -Catholic Church --- -Low countries --- 271.791 --- 271.961 --- Women in Christianity --- Convents --- Nuns --- Sisterhoods --- Christianity --- Third orders --- Beghards --- Brethren of the Free Spirit --- 271.961 Begijnen. Begijnhoven --- Begijnen. Begijnhoven --- 271.791 Anachoreten. Stylieten. Kluizenaars. Eremieten. Reclusen --- Anachoreten. Stylieten. Kluizenaars. Eremieten. Reclusen --- Catholic Church --- Middle Ages, 600-1500 --- Low countries --- Christian religious orders --- History of the Low Countries --- anno 500-1499 --- anno 1200-1499 --- Belgium --- Netherlands --- Béguines --- Monachisme et ordres religieux féminins --- Eglise --- Histoire --- Benelux --- Histoire religieuse --- Middle Ages, 500-1500 --- -History --- -Benelux countries --- Church history - Middle Ages, 600-1500 --- Beguines - Benelux countries - History --- Monasticism and religious orders for women - Benelux countries - History - Middle Ages, 600-1500 --- Benelux countries - Church history --- Monasticism and religious orders for women - Benelux countries - History - Middle Ages, 600-150 --- Béguines --- geschiedenis --- -Church history --- BEGUINES --- EGLISE --- MONACHISME ET ORDRES RELIGIEUX FEMININS --- BENELUX --- MOYEN AGE --- HISTOIRE --- 600-1500 (MOYEN AGE) --- HISTOIRE DE L'EGLISE --- Religious communities --- Members of congregations --- Book

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