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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Female monasticism in early modern Europe Female monasticism in early modern Europe Cordula van Wyhe "This volume of twelve interdisciplinary essays addresses the multifaceted nature of female religious identity in early modern Europe. By dismantling the boundaries between the academic disciplines o… OL18812472W
The anchoress The anchoress Robyn Cadwallader "England, 1255. Sarah is only seventeen when she chooses to become an anchoress, a holy woman much like Saint Hildegard of Bingen, shut away in a small cell, measuring seven by nine paces, at the sid… OL20000808W
The English text of the Ancrene riwle, the 'Vernon' text The English text of the Ancrene riwle, the 'Vernon' text Bernhard Diensberg,Arne Zettersten "Ancrene Riwle (also known as Ancrene Wisse), a guide for anchoresses composed in the thirteenth century, served as a popular guide to spirituality and the religious life until the sixteenth century.… OL20649161W
Sister trouble Sister trouble Marian Ronan "In twenty-three memorable essays, Sister Trouble chronicles the recent crackdown on U.S. sisters by the male hierarchy of the Catholic church, situating it within the history of gender relations fro… OL24159279W