Noble daughters : unheralded women in western Christianity, 13th to 18th centuries

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Title:

Noble daughters : unheralded women in western Christianity, 13th to 18th centuries

Author:

Conn, Marie A., 1944-

Personal Author:

Conn, Marie A., 1944-

Publication Information:

Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, [2000]

Physical Description:

xvii, 122 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Series:

Contributions to the study of religion, no. 60

Contributions to the study of religion, no. 60.

Language:

English

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.

Reading Level:

1530 Lexile.

Subject Term:

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.