Woman under Monasticism / Chapters on Saint-Lore and Convent Life between A.D. 500 and A.D. 1500
Lina Eckenstein
History
Book language: English
589 pages
A historical study of women's monastic life between A.D. 500 and 1500, exploring saint-lore, convents, and the roles of religious women in medieval Europe. Lina Eckenstein examines how monasticism shaped women's spiritual and social lives. It offers a detailed, accessible window into a neglected area of history.
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Opening of the book
WOMAN UNDER MONASTICISM. London: C. J. CLAY AND SONS, CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS WAREHOUSE AVE MARIA LANE. Glasgow: 263, ARGYLE STREET. Leipzig: F. A. BROCKHAUS. New York: MACMILLAN AND CO. WOMAN UNDER MONASTICISM CHAPTERS ON SAINT-LORE AND CONVENT LIFE BETWEEN A.D. 500 AND A.D. 1500 BY LINA ECKENSTEIN.
‘Quia vita omnium spiritualium hominum sine litteris mors est.’
Aŕǵĵ MǼǡŧƿǪƗǪ MLjƿĵǪǵŧǡƗƗ.
CAMBRIDGE:
AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS.
1896
[All Rights reserved.]
Cambridge:
PRINTED BY J. & C. F. CLAY,
AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS.
TO
MY FRIENDS
KARL AND MARIA SHARPE PEARSON.
PREFACE.
The restlessness, peculiar to periods of transition, is a characteristic of the present age. Long-accepted standards are being questioned and hitherto unchallenged rules of conduct submitted to searching criticism. History shows us that our present social system is only a phase in human development, and we turn to a study of the past, confident that a clearer insight into the social standards and habits of
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