'Ten thousand women': gender, affinity, and the development of the Premonstratensian order in medieval France
This dissertation examines women's involvement with a Christian religious order—the Premonstratensians—from the foundation of that order in 1120 to the end of the twelfth century. The order's charismatic leader, Norbert of Xanten, attracted many hundreds of members to it, who were intrigue...
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University of Iowa
2016
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| Online Access: | https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/6277 https://ir.uiowa.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=7609&context=etd |