Dark Age Nunneries: The Ambiguous Identity of Female Monasticism, 800–1050. By Steven Vanderputten. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2018. 309 pp. $95.00 hardcover.
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DOI: 10.1017/s0009640719000714
Abstract: “First Saxon Capitulary,” which describes tithes and the exploitation of the vast mineral resources of the Harz Mountains. Charlemagne’s policy of central direction is misunderstood by Rembold (167–171) but is illustrated by the Vita Sturmi.… read more here.
Keywords: dark age; nunneries ambiguous; age nunneries; ambiguous identity ... See more keywords
The Economic Reform of Female Monasticism in the Papal States of Clement VIII: Ideas, Actions, and Impacts
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DOI: 10.1017/s0009640722002761
Abstract: Abstract In the Papal States of the end of the sixteenth century, most female monasteries were mendicant. In doing so, nuns violated many rules of the XXVth session of the Council of Trent: they obviously… read more here.
Keywords: economic reform; papal states; reform; clement viii ... See more keywords