A selection of documents, translated primarily from medieval Latin but occasionally from Old French, that shows how religious women and their patrons managed resources to make monastic communities - particularly a variety of Cistercian communities - work. The records help us reconstruct how nuns and abbesses of Cistercian communities in the thirteenth century organized and kept records, managed their properties, responded to attempts at usurpation, and balanced their lives between devotional practices, which were part of their cloistered world, and family and social responsibilities beyond the convent walls.

About the Author
Constance H. Berman is a professor of history at the University of Iowa. She specializes in medieval social, economic, and women's history.


Book Information
ISBN 9781580440363
Author Constance H Berman
Format Paperback
Page Count 146
Imprint Medieval Institute Publications
Publisher Medieval Institute Publications
Weight(grams) 220g