Medieval Women Religious, c. 800-c. 1500

KIMM CURRAN is an independent researcher. Her expertise is in communities of women religious in Scotland, medieval women's monastic landscapes and heritage, and prosopography. JANET BURTON is Professor of Medieval History at University of Wales Trinity Saint David, Lampeter and the author of many books and articles on monastic history. KIMM CURRAN is an independent researcher. Her expertise is in communities of women religious in Scotland, medieval women's monastic landscapes and heritage, and prosopography. JANET BURTON is Professor of Medieval History at University of Wales Trinity Saint David, Lampeter and the author of many books and articles on monastic history. CATE GUNN is an independent scholar who has written on thirteenth-century anchoritic and pastoral literature.

• List of FiguresList of ContributorsPrefaceList of AbbreviationsIntroductionKIMM CURRAN AND JANET BURTON 1. Reform, Change, and Renewal: Women Religious in the Central Middle Ages, 800-1050 - STEVEN VANDERPUTTEN2. New Movements of the 12th Century: Diversity, Belonging, and Order(s) - KATHARINE SYKES 3. Change and Renewal: Mendicants and Tertiaries in Later Medieval Europe - ALISON MORE4. On the Fringes: Anchorites - CATE GUNN5. `Quasi-religious': Vowesses - LAURA RICHMOND6. Authority and Agency: Women as Heads of Religious Houses - ELIZABETH A. LEHFELDT7. Women Religious, Secular Households: The Outside World and Crossing Boundaries in the Later Middle Ages - RACHEL M. DELMAN8. Literacies, Learning, and Communal Reform: The Case of Alijt Bake - DIANA DENISSEN9. Family and Friends: Gift Giving, Books, and Book Inscriptions in Women's Religious Communities - SARA CHARLES10. Communities of Medieval Religious Women and Their Landscapes - YVONNE SEALE11. Materiality and Archaeology of Women Religious - TRACY COLLINS12. Between Collective Memory and Individual Remembrance in Women's Religious Communities - MERCEDES PÉREZ VIDALSelect BibliographyIndex

In conclusione, il volume curato da Curran e Burton riesce ad offrire un diorama di ricerche stimolanti, capaci di fornire nuove prospettive sul modo in cui le donne si ritagliarono il proprio spazio nella società medievale attraverso l'esperienza religiosa."(In conclusion, the volume edited by Curran and Burton successfully offers a panorama of stimulating research that provides new perspectives on how women carved out their own space in medieval society through religious experience.)