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"Medieval women found diverse ways of expressing their religious aspirations: within the cloister as members of monastic and religious orders, within the world as vowesses, or between the two as anchorites. Via a range of disciplinary approaches, from history, archaeology, literature, and the visual arts, the essays in this volume challenge received scholarly narratives and re-examine the roles of women religious: their authority and agency within their own communities and the wider world; their learning and literacy; place in the landscape; and visual culture. Overall, they highlight the impact of women on the world around them, the significance of their presence in communities, and the experiences and legacies they left behind"--page 4 of cover. A multi-disciplinary re-evaluation of the role of women religious in the Middle Ages, both inside and outside the cloister.

Women --- Religious life --- History --- Human females --- Wimmin --- Woman --- Womon --- Womyn --- Females --- Human beings --- Femininity