| What Nuns Read: Books and Libraries in Medieval English Nunneries Volume 158 Contributor(s): Bell, David N. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0879075589 ISBN-13: 9780879075583 Publisher: Liturgical Press OUR PRICE: $44.96 Product Type: Hardcover Published: November 1995 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Books & Reading - Religion | Christianity - Catholic - Religion | Monasticism |
| Dewey: 028.908 |
| LCCN: 94027837 |
| Series: Cistercian Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.2" W x 9.3" (1.20 lbs) 310 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Catholic - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Bell, David N.: - 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). |