What Nuns Read : Books and Libraries in Medieval English Nunneries (Cistercian Studies Series)

Bell, David N.

Liturgical Press（2022/12発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 308 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780879072070
• DDC分類 028.9088209420902

Full 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. 

Contents

Table of Contents
Preface   1
          Part I
Abbreviations (Part I)   5
Chapter 1: Incomes and Acquisitions   7
Chapter 2: Manuscripts and Books   33
Chapter 3: Learning and Literacy   57
          Part II
Abbreviations (Part II)   99
A List of Manuscripts and Printed Books from English Nunneries   103
Appendix: Cartularies and Related Documents   219
Index I: Index of Works in English   223
Index II: Index of Works in French   231
Index III: Index of Works in Latin (excluding biblical and liturgical material)   237
Index IV: Index of Biblical and Liturgical Works in Latin   245
Index V: Index of Names Relating to Inscriptions   251
Index VI: Index of Incipits   261
Index VII: Index of Manuscripts   265
General Index to Part I   273
Bibliography   283