Veiled Women: Volume II: Female Religious Communities in England, 871-1066 (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780754600442)

There is no published account of the history of religious women in England before the Norman Conquest. Yet, female saints and abbesses, such as Hild of Whitby or Edith of Wilton, are among the most celebrated women recorded in Anglo-Saxon sources and their stories are of popular interest. This book offers the first general and critical assessment of female religious communities in early medieval England. It transforms our understanding of the different modes of religious vocation and institutional provision and thereby gives early medieval women's history a new foundation.

Author: Sarah Foot
ISBN-10: 0754600440
ISBN-13: 9780754600442
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 06/21/2000
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.28lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.69d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 02/01/2001 pg. 17