Dark Age Nunneries

Steven Vanderputten

Description

In Dark Age Nunneries, Steven Vanderputten dismantles the common view of women religious between 800 and 1050 as disempowered or even disinterested witnesses to their own lives. It is based on a study of primary sources from forty female monastic communities in Lotharingia-a politically and culturally diverse region that boasted an extraordinarily high number of such institutions. Vanderputten highlights the attempts by women religious and their leaders, as well as the clerics and the laymen and -women sympathetic to their cause, to construct localized narratives of self, preserve or expand their agency as religious communities, and remain involved in shaping the attitudes and behaviors of the laity amid changing contexts and expectations on the part of the Church and secular authorities.Rather than a "dark age" in which female monasticism withered under such factors as the assertion of male religious authority, the secularization of its institutions, and the precipitous decline of their intellectual and spiritual life, Vanderputten finds that the post-Carolingian period witnessed a remarkable adaptability among these women. Through texts, objects, archaeological remains, and iconography, Dark Age Nunneries offers scholars of religion, medieval history, and gender studies new ways to understand the experience of women of faith within the Church and across society during this era.

Sujets

• Histoire
• Middle Ages

Informations

• Publié par: Cornell University Press
• Date de parution: 15 mai 2018
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781501715976
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 11 Mo

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DARK AGE NUNNERïES

DARK AGE NUNNERïES

T HE AMBI GUOUS I DE NT I TY OF F E MAL E MONAST I CI SM, 800–1050

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A gŝ éŝévé. Eçé ô é qûôàôŝ  à évéw, ŝ ôôk, ô àŝ ééô, ûŝ ô é éôûçé  ày ô wôû éŝŝô  wg ô é ûŝé. Fô ôàô, àéŝŝ Côé Uvéŝy Péŝŝ, Sàgé Hôûŝé, 512 Eàŝ Sàé Séé, ïàçà, Néw Yôk 14850.

Fŝ ûŝé 2018 y Côé Uvéŝy Péŝŝ Pé  é Ué Sàéŝ ô Aéçà

ày ô Côgéŝŝ Cààôgg--Pûçàô Dàà

Nàéŝ: Vàéûé, Sévé, àûô. Té: Dàk àgé ûééŝ : é àgûôûŝ éy ô  éàé ôàŝçŝ, 800–1050 / Sévé Vàéûé. Déŝçô: ïàçà : Côé Uvéŝy Péŝŝ, 2018. |  ïçûéŝ ôgàçà éééçéŝ à é. ïéîéŝ: CCN 2017038573 () | CCN 2017039896  (éôôk) | ïSBN 9781501715969 (éû/ô) |  ïSBN 9781501715976 ( ) | ïSBN 9781501715945 |  ïSBN 9781501715945 (çô :àk. àé) |  ïSBN 9781501715952 (k. :àk. àé) Sûjéçŝ: CSH: Môàŝç à égôûŝ é ô  wôé—Eûôé—Hŝôy—Mé Agéŝ, 600–1500. |  Môàŝçŝ à égôûŝ ôéŝ ô wôé—  Eûôé—Hŝôy—Mé Agéŝ, 600–1500. |  Côvéŝ—Eûôé—Hŝôy—Tô 1500. | Eûôé—  Cûç ŝôy—Mé Agéŝ, 600–1500. Càŝŝîçàô: CC BX4220.E85 (éôôk) | CC BX4220.  E85 V36 2018 () | DDC 271/.90009021—ç23 C éçô àvààé à ŝ://çç.ôç.gôv/2017038573

Côé Uvéŝy Péŝŝ ŝvéŝ ô ûŝé évôéày éŝôŝé ŝûéŝ à àéàŝ ô é ûéŝ éé ôŝŝé  é ûŝg ô ŝ ôôkŝ. Sûç àéàŝ çûé végéàé-àŝé, ôw-VOC kŝ à àç-éé àéŝ à àé éçyçé, ôày çôé-éé, ô ày çôôŝé ô ôwôô îéŝ. Fô ûé ôàô, vŝ ôû wéŝé à çôééŝŝ.çôé.éû.

Déà ô à ûŝàô ô Céŝàûŝ ô Aéŝ ôfég ŝRueNééŝé  Régéŝûg,ô é égôûŝ ô ç. 990-1020. Bàég, Sààŝôék, Mŝ. . 142, . 65. © Sààŝôék Bàég.

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îst o ïustratîonsv Preace and Acknowedgments Abbrevîatîons

 ïôûçô  1. Ség é Bôûàéŝ ô égàé Eééàô  2. Hôy Véŝŝéŝ, Béŝ ô Cŝ: Agûôûŝ N-Céûy Réàéŝ  3. Tàŝôŝ, Côûéŝ, à é Sûggé ô Môàŝç ôŝ  4. Réôŝ, Sé-Réôŝ, à é Séçg ô Wôé Régôûŝ  é Té Céûy  5. Néw Béggŝ  6. Môàŝç Agûéŝ  é Néw Méû  Côçûŝô

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Appendîx A: The eadershîp and Members o Femae Reîgîous Communîtîes în otharîngîa, 816–1059159 Appendîx B: The Decrees on Women Reîgîous rom the Acts o the Synod o Chaon-sur-Saône, 813, and the Councî o Maînz, 847167 Appendîx C: Jacques de Guîse’s Account o the Attempted Reorm o Nîvees and Other Femae ïnstîtutîons în the Eary Nînth Century172

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Appendîx D: The Compîatîon on theRô ô Màûéûgé, c. Eary Eeventh Century176 Appendîx E: etter by Abbess Thîathîdîs o Remîremont to Emperor ouîs the Pîous, c. 820s–840183 Appendîx F: John o Gorze’s Encounter wîth Geîsa, c. 920s–930s185 Appendîx G: Extract on Women Reîgîous rom the Protoco o the Synod o Rome (1059)189 Appendîx H: The Evîctîon o the Reîgîous o Paze as Recounted în theGéŝà Tévéôû, 1016192 Appendîx ï: TheéMaubeugeAbbess o o Ansoadîs, (d. 1050)195 Appendîx J: etter by Pope Paschaîs ïï to Abbess Ogîva o Messînes (1107)198 Notes201 Bîbîography255 ïndex301

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Figures  1. Tôŝôé ô Aéŝŝ Rûôŝ ô Pàzé  2. Céŝàûŝ ô Aéŝ ôféŝ ŝRueô é égôûŝ ô Nééüŝé  3. Fŝ àgé ô éïndîcuarîus Thîathîdîs  4. Hààgé éôé à àé é éçôvéŝô  é  çéûy  5. TéCodex Eyckensîs ï  6. Sà éqûày ô é éàŝûy ô Aéék  7. Bŝô Gôzé’ŝ ôûàô çàé ô Bôûèéŝ  8. Cûç ô Sà-Péé-àû-Nôàŝ  9. Tôwé ô é ààà çûç à Eà 10. Eàç ô éRo o Maubeuge 11. Eévé-çéûy çôŝ ô Mûŝézé

Maps  1. Féàé égôûŝ çôûéŝ  ôàgà, ç. 870  2. Féàé égôûŝ çôûéŝ  ôàgà, ç. 960  3. Féàé égôûŝ çôûéŝ  ôàgà, ç. 1050

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Hŝôàŝ ôày wéy éjéç “àk àgé” àŝ à àççûàé é ô éŝçg é éày Mé Agéŝ à é wày  wç ŝ ŝôçéy à çûûé àçé ô éôé’ŝ véŝ à àûéŝ. Aôŝ ô à wééky àŝŝ, éy çà é ŝéé éôg ŝ jûçôûŝ ûŝé  ôçà ŝçôûŝé, é éà, à évéyày àgûàgé, ôvg  é ôçéŝŝ àé évéçé ô àgûé ŝ ôgŝ àŝ à ôé éôôgçà çôŝûç. Pày àŝ à éŝû ô é ŝçôày éfôŝ ô éôŝàé é ààçy ô ŝ çôŝûç, ôvé é àŝ éw éçàéŝ é ŝôy ô é çéûéŝ éwéé ç. 500 à é ŝô-çàé Réàŝŝàçé ô é 1100ŝ àŝ éégé àŝ à ôôûy çôé ôé, wéé ûàçé àgûéŝ àvé ŝûŝûé ô é ŝwéég ŝàééŝ ô yôé. A éçéô ô ŝ ûé ày é ôû  àççôûŝ ô é yéàŝ é- wéé ç. 800 à 1050, à àŝé  é ŝôy ô wôé égôûŝ à ày ŝçôàŝ ŝ é ô k ô àŝ à “àk àgé.” Dàk,  é ŝéŝé à é éà- éŝ ô é  à àôû é çôŝé àé Içû ô àççéŝŝ: é ày év- éçé ô ày çôûéŝ ŝ àgéé; é ŝôçà, éçôôç, ééçûà, à égôûŝ çôé -ûéŝôô; à éŝéàç îgŝ àé ŝçàéé àçôŝŝ à ûûé ô çàŝé ŝûéŝ. Bû àk àŝô  é ŝéŝé à, àççôg ô é ôà àçàéç ààvé, éàé ôàŝçŝ  ày àçéŝ ŝûféé ô é yŝçà à ŝôçà ŝôàô ô ŝ ééŝ, é ôgéŝŝvé àŝé ô ŝ ŝûôŝ ô é àŝ ô é ày, à é éçôûŝ éçé— ôûg àôû y é ôé wô àçôŝ—ô wôé’ŝ ééçûà é à ŝûày. W ŝ ŝûy ï ôé ô é à ôé ûàçé ŝôy, wéé é éŝôy ô é ày évéçé àkéŝ éçééçé ôvé éŝàŝé ŝçôày àççôûŝ. ï ŝ à ŝôy, ôéôvé, à ŝàéŝ é véw ô wôé égôûŝ  ŝ éô àŝ é ŝéôwéé, à éŝ évé ŝééŝé, wéŝŝéŝ ô é ôw véŝ. Aŝ à ûgéàôûgôûéŝçûŝŝô,ïggéàéŝ(àôŝé ô é çéçŝ à é àyé à àywôé ŝyàéç ô é çàûŝé) ô çôŝûç ôçàzé ààvéŝ ô ŝé, ûûé ûûày ééîçà éàôŝ w é ŝôçà évôé, à éà vôvé  ŝàg é àûéŝ à

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