Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535
Medieval English Nunneries, published in 1922, is Eileen Power's study of the women's religious houses of England in the two and a half centuries before their dissolution. Drawing on bishops' visitation records, account rolls and wills, she describes who became a nun and why, how the houses were governed and financed, what the sisters ate, wore and read, how they taught children and kept boarders, and how often they fell into debt, quarrels or scandal. Chaucer's Prioress, Madame Eglentyne, is her recurring example of the worldly nun. Power writes with wit and sympathy, and the book established her as one of the leading medieval historians of her generation. The full text is available to read online in your browser on Vinteuil, and the first chapter is free.
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