From the Cloister to the state: Fontevraud and the making of Bourbon France, 1642-1100
"From the Cloister to the State examines the French order of Fontevraud, one of the largest monastic networks under female leadership in medieval and early modern Europe. Founded in 1100 and comprised of both monks and nuns, the order had grown to consist of at least seventy-eight priories by t...
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