Warren, Nancy Bradley. <br/><br/>
Spiritual Economies :  Female Monasticism in Later Medieval England. 

 - 1st ed. 
 - 1 online resource (289 pages) 
 - The Middle Ages Series .
 - The Middle Ages Series .
<br/><br/>Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Part I: Monastic Identities in Theory and Practice -- 1 Vows and Visitations: Textual Transactions and the Shaping of Monastic Identity -- 2 The Value of the Mother Tongue: Vernacular Translations of Monastic Rules for Women -- 3 Accounting for Themselves: Nuns' Everyday Practices and Alternative Monastic Identities -- Part II: Beyond the Convent Wall: Female Monasticism in Later Medieval Culture -- 4 A Coin of Changing Value: Monastic Paradigms and Secular Women -- 5 Kings, Saints, and Nuns: Symbolic Capital and Political Authority in Fifteenth-Century England -- 6 Liabilities and Assets: Holy Women in the Literary Economy -- 7 Paying the Price: Holy Women and Political Conflict -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Acknowledgments. 
<br/><br/> "The sheer range of Warren's stimulating, provocative discussion . . . is impressive. The richness of her sources, a number of which are examined here for the first time, will make her book an important port-of-call."--English Historical Review. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780812204551 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Monasticism and religious orders for women-England-History-Middle Ages, 600-1500.<br/>England-Church history-1066-1485.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BX4220.G7 -- W37 2001eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>271/.90042/0902