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The Convent and the Community in Late Medieval England: Female Monasteries in the Diocese of Norwich, 1350-1540 (Studies in the History of Medieval Religion)
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Convents were an important part of medieval monastic life, but only now, with the upsurge of interest in womens history, are they beginning to receive the attention they deserve. The prevailing view has been that female monasticism was bankrupt, spiritually and socially as well as financially, but Professor Oliva shows the reality to have been otherwise. In her study of the eleven female monasteries in the diocese of Norwich between 1350-1540, the convents emerge as integral parts of the local social and spiritual landscape, with nuns more active in the local community than their male counterparts, and markedly more popular with parish gentry and yeoman farmers (as their wills prove). The majority of nuns are shown to have been from these parish gentry families, not from the upper gentry or aristocracy as has been thought, and the records of their active lives, so rewardingly examined here, reveal mobility within the nunnery too, the existence of a `career ladder enabling nuns to progress to more important and prestigious household offices.

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title	:	The Convent and the Community in Late Medieval England : Female Monasteries in the Diocese of Norwich, 1350-1540 Studies in the History of Medieval Religion, 0955-2480 ; V. 12
author	:	Oliva, Marilyn.
publisher	:	Boydell & Brewer Ltd.
isbn10 \| asin	:	0851155766
print isbn13	:	9780851155760
ebook isbn13	:	9780585241883
language	:	English
subject	Monasticism and religious orders for women--England--Norfolk--History--Middle Ages, 600-1500, Monasticism and religious orders for women--England--Suffolk--History--Middle Ages, 600-1500, Church of England.--Diocese of Norwich--History, Convents--England-
publication date	:	1998
lcc	:	BX4220.G7O57 1998eb
ddc	:	271/.9004261
subject	:	Monasticism and religious orders for women--England--Norfolk--History--Middle Ages, 600-1500, Monasticism and religious orders for women--England--Suffolk--History--Middle Ages, 600-1500, Church of England.--Diocese of Norwich--History, Convents--England-

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The Convent and the Community in Late Medieval England

Female Monasteries in the Diocese of Norwich, 1350-1540
Studies in the History of Medieval Religion
Volume XII

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Studies in the History of Medieval Religion

ISSN 0955-2480

General Editor
Christopher Harper-Bill

Previously published volumes in the series are listed at the back of this volume

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The Convent and the Community in Late Medieval England

Female Monasteries in the Diocese of Norwich, 1350-1540

Marilyn Oliva

THE BOYDELL PRESS

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Marilyn Oliva 1998

All Rights Reserved. Except as permitted under current legislation no part of this work may be photocopied, stored in a retrieval system, published, performed in public, adapted, broadcast, transmitted, recorded or reproduced in any form or by any means, without the prior permission of the copyright owner

First published 1998
The Boydell Press, Woodbridge

ISBN 085115 576 6

The Boydell Press is an imprint of Boydell and Brewer Ltd
PO Box 9, Woodbridge, Suffolk IP12 3DF, UK
and of Boydell and Brewer Inc.
PO Box 41026, Rochester, NY 14604-4126, USA

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Oliva, Marilyn.
The convent and the community in late medieval England : female
monasteries in the Diocese of Norwich, 1350-1540/Marilyn Oliva.
p. cm. - (Studies in the history of medieval religion, ISSN 0955-2480; v.12)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-85115-576-6 (alk. paper)
1. Monastic and religious orders for women - England - Norfolk
History - Middle Ages, 600-1500. 2. Monastic and religious orders
for women - England - Suffolk - History - Middle Ages, 600-1500.
3. Church of England. Diocese of Norwich - History. 4. Convents
England - Norfolk Area - History. 5. England - Church history
1066-1485. I. Title. II. Series.
BX4220.G7057 1998
271'.9004261-dc21 97-28874

This publication is printed on acid-free paper

Printed in Great Britain by
St Edmundsbury Press Ltd, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk

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Contents

List of Tables

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Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

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Map of Monasteries

xiv

Introduction

1
The Early Histories of the Female Monastic Communities in the Diocese of Norwich

Foundations

Seigneurial rights and privileges

Spiritual properties and ecclesiastical authorities

The significance of local customs and enclosure

2
The Cloistered Community: The Nuns

Demographic data

Nuns' ages

Entry requirements and fees

Novice to nun

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