Labels and Libels: Naming Beguines in Northern Medieval Europe

By Letha Böhringer

Offers the first internationally comparative study of beguines, investigating the shifting nomenclature both applied to and adopted by lay religious women in northern Europe between the thirteenth and sixteenth centuries to reveal new facets of medieval social, gender, and religious culture.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 2503551351
• ISBN13: 9782503551357
• Release Date: September 2014
• Publisher: Brepols Publishers
• Length: 247 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.4"