Apostate nuns in the later Middle Ages
To make a vow is a matter of the will, to fulfill one is a matter of necessity," declared late medieval canon law, and religious profession involved the most solemn of those vows. Professed nuns could never renege on their vows and if they did attempt to re-enter secular society, they became ap...
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| Language: | English |
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Woodbridge
The Boydell Press
2019
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| In: |
Studies in the history of medieval religion (volume 49)
Year: 2019 |
| Series/Journal: | Studies in the history of medieval religion
volume 49 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Great Britain
/ Nun
/ Exit
/ Canon law
/ History 1100-1500
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| IxTheo Classification: | KCA Monasticism; religious orders |
| Further subjects: | B
Nuns (Canon law)
History To 1500
B Convents (Canon law) B Convents (Canon law) History To 1500 B Nuns (Canon law) B England B History B Monasticism and religious orders for women (England) History Middle Ages, 600-1500 B Monasticism and religious orders for women ; Middle Ages |
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