Convent chronicles : women writing about women and reform in the late Middle Ages

Convent chronicles : women writing about women and reform in the late Middle Ages / Anne Winston-Allen.

Author/creator	Winston-Allen, Anne, 1942-
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, ©2004.
Description	xvii, 345 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Supplemental Content	Table of contents
Subject(s)	Christian literature, German--Women authors --History and criticism. Christian literature, Dutch--Women authors --History and criticism. German literature--Early modern, 1500-1700 --History and criticism. Dutch literature--1500-1800 --History and criticism. Nuns as authors. Women and literature. Reformation--Germany --History. Reformation--Netherlands.

Contents	Women writing in the late Middle Ages -- Late medieval nunneries: accounts by women -- The "Women's Religious Movement" and the Observant movement: female piety and the establishment -- Women of the reform -- Opponents of the reform and enclosure -- Did nuns have a Renaissance? Libraries and literary activities -- "Femininity-in-writing": new heroines, strategies, and roles in late medieval piety.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-338) and index.
LCCN	2004012982
ISBN	0271024607 (clothbound : alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	PT255 .W56 2004	✔ Available	Place Hold