Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Glossary
- Introduction
- 1 The Meaning of Leadership in the Medieval English Nunnery
- 2 Leadership and Lineage
- 3 Guardians of the Brides (care of the female religious by bishops, archbishops and their representatives)
- 4 The Lady and the Monarchs (the relations of the abbess or prioress with king and pope)
- 5 The Distaff and the Crosier (balancing financial and spiritual responsibilities)
- 6 The Clerical View (interpretations of episcopal reports)
- 7 Shifting Perspectives (secular views of the nunnery superiors)
- 8 Epilogue (preparations for the Dissolution and reaction to its demands)
- Conclusion
- Appendix A List of nunneries and incomes
- Appendix B List of nunnery superiors
- Appendix C Election procedures at Wilton
- Appendix D Eulogy for Euphemia of Wherwell
- Bibliography
- Index
- Other Volumes in Studies in the History of Medieval Religion
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Glossary
- Introduction
- 1 The Meaning of Leadership in the Medieval English Nunnery
- 2 Leadership and Lineage
- 3 Guardians of the Brides (care of the female religious by bishops, archbishops and their representatives)
- 4 The Lady and the Monarchs (the relations of the abbess or prioress with king and pope)
- 5 The Distaff and the Crosier (balancing financial and spiritual responsibilities)
- 6 The Clerical View (interpretations of episcopal reports)
- 7 Shifting Perspectives (secular views of the nunnery superiors)
- 8 Epilogue (preparations for the Dissolution and reaction to its demands)
- Conclusion
- Appendix A List of nunneries and incomes
- Appendix B List of nunnery superiors
- Appendix C Election procedures at Wilton
- Appendix D Eulogy for Euphemia of Wherwell
- Bibliography
- Index
- Other Volumes in Studies in the History of Medieval Religion
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- Leadership in Medieval English Nunneries , pp. 233 - 244Publisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2005