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Lädt ... The Beguines of Medieval Paris: Gender, Patronage, and Spiritual Authorityvon Tanya Stabler Miller
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. This book looks at the eponymous communities of religious women in Paris from Louis IX's foundation of the royal beguinage in the 1260s, through to their decline in the late fourteenth and early fifteenth centuries. Miller argues that beguines played an important role in the social and economic life of the city, particularly the Parisian silk industry, and that the royal beguinage was a way for the Capetians to assert their dynastic sanctity. Of particular note is the emphasis Miller places on the collaborative links between the beguines and the secular clerics of the Sorbonne; for these university scholars, interactions with the beguines were considered essential for their training. Many of Miller's conclusions are similar to those drawn by scholars who've worked on the more studied beguines of the Low Countries (Walter Simons' Cities of Ladies comes most immediately to mind), but this careful study of these women's communities shows how their evolution could be affected by local political and economic contexts. While the beguines of the Low Countries survived into the present day, those of Paris had died out by the late fifteenth century. ( ) keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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In the thirteenth century, Paris was the largest city in Western Europe, the royal capital of France, and the seat of one of Europe's most important universities. In this vibrant and cosmopolitan city, the beguines, women who wished to devote their lives to Christian ideals without taking formal vows, enjoyed a level of patronage and esteem that was uncommon among like communities elsewhere. Some Parisian beguines owned shops and played a vital role in the city's textile industry and economy. French royals and nobles financially supported the beguinages, and university clerics looked to the beguines for inspiration in their pedagogical endeavors. The Beguines of Medieval Paris examines these religious communities and their direct participation in the city's commercial, intellectual, and religious life.Drawing on an array of sources, including sermons, religious literature, tax rolls, and royal account books, Tanya Stabler Miller contextualizes the history of Parisian beguines within a spectrum of lay religious activity and theological controversy. She examines the impact of women on the construction of medieval clerical identity, the valuation of women's voices and activities, and the surprising ways in which local networks and legal structures permitted women to continue to identify as beguines long after a church council prohibited the beguine status. Based on intensive archival research, The Beguines of Medieval Paris makes an original contribution to the history of female religiosity and labor, university politics and intellectual debates, royal piety, and the central place of Paris in the commerce and culture of medieval Europe. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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