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Cities of Ladies

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Description for Cities of Ladies Paperback. "The definitive study.. A learned, lively, and highly readable book, now the essential introduction to the subject."-Choice Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 352 pages, 10 illus. BIC Classification: 1DD; 3H; 3JB; HBG; HBLC; HRCX8; JFSJ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 152 x 228 x 23. Weight in Grams: 548.

Selected by Choice magazine as an Outstanding Academic Title

In the early thirteenth century, semireligious communities of women began to form in the cities and towns of the Low Countries. These beguines, as the women came to be known, led lives of contemplation and prayer and earned their livings as laborers or teachers.

In Cities of Ladies, the first history of the beguines to appear in English in fifty years, Walter Simons traces the transformation of informal clusters of single women to large beguinages. These veritable single-sex cities offered lower- and middle-class women an alternative to both marriage and convent ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Series
The Middle Ages Series
Condition
New
Weight
549g
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
Pennsylvania, United States
ISBN
9780812218534
SKU
V9780812218534
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About Walter Simons
Walter Simons is Associate Professor of History at Dartmouth College.

Reviews for Cities of Ladies
"Destined to become the standard work in beguine history."—Renaissance Quarterly "A tour de force."—David Nicholas, Clemson University "A vivid, valuable portrait."—History "Comprehensive and authoritative."—Medium Aevum "Walter Simons has written a thorough, scholarly study, long on careful research, to the point on analysis, and without theoretical trappings. Cities of Ladies is a most welcome contribution to the study of medieval religious ... Read more

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