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A Pernicious Sort of Woman provides examination of the writings of canon lawyers in the late Middle Ages as they come to terms with women who were not, strictly speaking, religious, but who were thought of as such. It studies the ways that jurists categorized these women and clarifies the ambivalent canons relating to their lives in the community.

A Pernicious Sort of Woman

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      Publisher The Catholic University of America Press
      Published 30 April 2005
      ISBN-13 9780813213927
      978-0813213927
      ISBN-10 0813213924
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      Gender studies: women and girls Religious and spiritual figures

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      Book Synopsis
      A Pernicious Sort of Woman provides examination of the writings of canon lawyers in the late Middle Ages as they come to terms with women who were not, strictly speaking, religious, but who were thought of as such. It studies the ways that jurists categorized these women and clarifies the ambivalent canons relating to their lives in the community.

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