Monastic Women and Secular Economy in Later Medieval Europe, ca. 1200 to 1500

ISBN-13: 9781032290706 / Twarda / 2024 / 208 str.

Annalena Muller

Opis

This book aims to re-write the narrative of women and power in medieval society. Based on a rich corpus of sources - systematically collected for the first time - it reveals female monasteries as central and economically able agents in feudal society.

Spis treści

I Female Monasticism, Power, and Historiography – an Introduction / II The Early Medieval Background: Notre-Dame de Soissons, Buchau Abbey, and Fraumünster of Zurich / III The Worldly Dominions of Women Religious in Late Medieval Europe / IV Economic Strategists: Klingental in Basel I / V Following the Money: Klingental in Basel II / Conclusion

O autorze

Annalena Müller holds a Master’s degree from the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and a PhD from Yale University. She has held academic positions in France, Germany and Switzerland. Her previous publications include From the Cloister to the State: From the Cloister to the State (2021).