Constance H. Berman is a professor of history at the University of Iowa. She specializes in medieval social, economic, and women's history.

• Acknowledgments Introduction Part I: Charters for Houses Clearly Those of Cistercian Nuns Foundation Charters Reconstructing the Origins of Rifreddo The Urban Scene: Cistercian Nuns at Saint-Antoine-des-Champs near Paris A Foundation in Fulfillment of a Crusader Vow: Port-Royal Queen Blanche of Castille, and Her Cousin, Isabelle of Chartres Part II: More Problematic Examples Coyroux/Obazine: Double-House or Family Monastery? Le Tart and Jully Part III: Statistical Sources Part IV: Narrative and Normative Sources Glossary Further Suggestions for Reading

Constance H. Berman is a professor of history at the University of Iowa. She specializes in medieval social, economic, and women's history.

• Acknowledgments Introduction Part I: Charters for Houses Clearly Those of Cistercian Nuns Foundation Charters Reconstructing the Origins of Rifreddo The Urban Scene: Cistercian Nuns at Saint-Antoine-des-Champs near Paris A Foundation in Fulfillment of a Crusader Vow: Port-Royal Queen Blanche of Castille, and Her Cousin, Isabelle of Chartres Part II: More Problematic Examples Coyroux/Obazine: Double-House or Family Monastery? Le Tart and Jully Part III: Statistical Sources Part IV: Narrative and Normative Sources Glossary Further Suggestions for Reading

Constance H. Berman is a professor of history at the University of Iowa. She specializes in medieval social, economic, and women's history.

• Acknowledgments Introduction Part I: Charters for Houses Clearly Those of Cistercian Nuns Foundation Charters Reconstructing the Origins of Rifreddo The Urban Scene: Cistercian Nuns at Saint-Antoine-des-Champs near Paris A Foundation in Fulfillment of a Crusader Vow: Port-Royal Queen Blanche of Castille, and Her Cousin, Isabelle of Chartres Part II: More Problematic Examples Coyroux/Obazine: Double-House or Family Monastery? Le Tart and Jully Part III: Statistical Sources Part IV: Narrative and Normative Sources Glossary Further Suggestions for Reading