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Noble daughters : unheralded women in western Christianity, 13th to 18th centuries / Marie A. Conn.

By: Conn, Marie A, 1944-
Material type: TextTextSeries: Contributions to the study of religion: no. 60.Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2000Description: xvii, 122 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0313306699 (alk. paper)Subject(s): Women -- Religious life -- History | Women in Christianity -- History | Beguines -- Belgium -- History | Witches -- Europe -- History | Anabaptist women -- Europe -- History | Nuns -- France -- Paris -- History | Women -- History -- Middle Ages, 500-1500 | Women -- History -- Renaissance, 1450-1600 | Women -- History -- 17th century | Women -- History -- 18th centuryDDC classification: 270/.082 LOC classification: BV639.W7 | C58 2000Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages [111]-120) and index.
Contents:
The thirteenth-century Belgian Beguines: An experiment in laywomen's spirituality -- Anabaptist women martyrs: Images of radical commitment -- Victims of the witch craze: Scapegoats in a time of turmoil -- The nuns of Port-Royal: A reform movement entangled in controversy -- Connections: Honoring the past, envisioning the future.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [111]-120) and index.

The thirteenth-century Belgian Beguines: An experiment in laywomen's spirituality -- Anabaptist women martyrs: Images of radical commitment -- Victims of the witch craze: Scapegoats in a time of turmoil -- The nuns of Port-Royal: A reform movement entangled in controversy -- Connections: Honoring the past, envisioning the future.

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