Nuns' Priests' Tales: Men and Salvation in Medieval Women's Monastic Life

360 Pages·2018·11.516 MB·English

by  Fiona J. Griffiths

Nuns’ Priests’ Tales
THE MIDDLE AGES SERIES
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Nuns’ Priests’ Tales
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Men and Salvation
in Medieval Women’s
Monastic Life
Fiona J. Griffiths
University of Pennsylvania Press
Philadelphia
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Library of Congress Cataloging- in- Publication Data
Names: Griffiths, Fiona J., author.
Title: Nuns’ priests’ tales: men and salvation in medieval women’s
monastic life / Fiona J. Griffiths.
Other titles: M iddle Ages series.
Description: 1st edition. | Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania
Press, [2018] | Series: The Middle Ages series
Identifiers: LCCN 2017027111 | ISBN 9780812249750 (hardcover:
alk. paper)
Subjects: LCSH: Monastic and religious life of women— History—
Middle Ages, 600-1500. | Pastoral care— History— To 1500. |
Catholic Church— Clergy— History— To 1500.
Classification: LCC BX4210 .G754 2018 | DDC 271/.9000902— dc23
LC rec ord available at https:// lccn . loc . gov / 2017027111
To my parents, with love and gratitude
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Contents
List of Abbreviations ix
Prologue 1
1. The Puzzle of the Nuns’ Priest 9
2. Biblical Models: Women and Men in the Apostolic Life 39
3. Jerome and the Noble Women of Rome 77
4. Brothers, Sons, and Uncles: Nuns’ Priests and Family Ties 111
5. Speaking to the Bridegroom: Women and the Power of Prayer 141
Conclusion 177
Appendix. Beati pauperes 199
Notes 201
Bibliography 281
Index 335
Acknowl edgments 347
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List of Abbreviations
AA SS Acta sanctorum quotquot toto orbe coluntur. Ed.
Johannes Bollandus et al. Editio novissima. Paris:
Victor Palmé, 1863– .
BHL Bibliotheca hagiographica latina antiquae et
mediae aetatis, 2 vols., with supplements. Subsidia
Hagiographica 6. Brussels: Société de Bollandistes,
1898–1901.
CCCM Corpus christianorum: continuatio medievalis.
CCSL Corpus christianorum: series latina.
CSEL Corpus scriptorum ecclesiasticorum latinorum.
Deux vies Les deux vies de Robert d’Arbrissel, fondateur de
Fontevraud: légendes, écrits et témoignages. Eds. Jacques
Dalarun, Geneviève Giordanego, Armelle Le Huërou,
Jean Longère, Dominique Poirel, and Bruce L.
Venarde. Disciplina monastica 4. Turnhout: Brepols,
2006.
Lacomblet Urkundenbuch für die Geschichte des Niederrheins. Ed.
Theodor Joseph Lacomblet. 4 vols. Düsseldorf: J. Wolf,
1840–1858.
Lambert Bernard Lambert. Bibliotheca Hieronymiana
Manuscripta. Instrumenta Patristica IV. 4 vols. in 5.
Steenbrugge: Abbatia S. Petri, 1969–72.