Women of God and Arms: Female Spirituality and Political Conflict, 138-16

Nancy Bradley Warren

Published by University of Pennsylvania Press 2006

Women of God and Arms

Female Spirituality and Political Conflict, 138-16

Nancy Bradley Warren

https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812204544

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About this book

Warren explores the political dimensions of the religious practices of women in the later medieval and early modern periods, from St. Colette of Corbie to Isabel of Castile to English nuns exiled during the reign of Elizabeth I.

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Nancy Bradley Warren teaches English at Florida State University. She is the author of Spiritual Economies: Monasticism in Later Medieval England, winner of the Gustave O. Arlt Award in the Humanities and also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. Monastic Politics: St. Colette of Corbie, Franciscan Reform, and the House of Burgundy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	11
2. Strategic Saints and Diplomatic Devotion: Margaret of York, Anne d’Orléans, and Female Political Action Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	36
3. The Sword and the Cloister: Joan of Arc, Margaret of Anjou, and Christine de Pizan in England, 1445–1540 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	58
4. Religion and Female Rule: Isabel of Castile and the Construction of Queenship Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	87
5. The Mystic, the Monarch, and the Persistence of “the Medieval”: Elizabeth Barton and Henry VIII Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	119
6. Dissolution, Diaspora, and DeWning Englishness: Syon in Exile and Elizabethan Politics Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	139
Conclusion: The Power of the Past Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	168
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	181
Works Cited Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	235
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	251
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	263

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Language: English
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 272
Illustrations
- Other: 6 illus.
Keywords: History; Women's Studies; Gender Studies; Religion; Medieval and Renaissance Studies; Gender Studies; Religious Studies

eBook

Published: June 3, 2011
ISBN: 9780812204544