What Nuns Read: Books and Libraries in Medieval English Nunneries: 158 (Cistercian Studies Series, 158) - Hardcover

Bell, David N.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0879075589 ISBN 13: 9780879075583

Publisher: Liturgical Press, 1995

Synopsis

The literacy and education of medieval nuns has been a subject of dispute and study in recent years. In his third Index of medieval libraries, David Bell presents a comprehensive list of all manuscripts and printed books which have been traced with certainty or high probability to english nunneries. A systematic listing of the books available to english nuns, and in the process an indication of the wealth, the intellectual level, and the spirituality of english nuns from the Conquest to the Reformation.

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About the Author

David N. Bell is professor emeritus of religious studies at Memorial University and a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. He retired as head of the department of religious studies at the end of 2011. He has published some two dozen books, more than a hundred articles, and a great number of book reviews. His most recent book, published in 2017, is A Saint in the Sun: Praising Saint Bernard in the France of Louis XIV (Cistercian Publications).

Edition details

• Publisher: Liturgical Press
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0879075589
• ISBN 13: 9780879075583
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 312