{"product_id":"monastic-women-and-secular-economy-in-later-medieval-europe-ca-1200-to-1500-9781032290706","title":"Monastic Women and Secular Economy in Later","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book aims to rewrite the narrative of women and power in medieval society. Based on a rich corpus of sources  systematically collected for the first time  it reveals female monasteries as central and economically able agents in feudal society.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith a chronological focus on the late Middle Ages, this book focuses on four powerful convents located in modern-day France, Germany, and Switzerland. Three of these institutions were aristocratic convents founded in the early Middle Ages. They were endowed with far-ranging feudal prerogatives that were largely, but not exclusively, derived from landed possessions. The fourth convent originated in the thirteenth century and disposed of a primarily monetary economy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eObserved from a longue-durée perspective, \u003cem\u003eMonastic Women and Secular Economy in Later Medieval Europe\u003c\/em\u003e reveals strategies of adaptations that allowed these different institutions to weather the significant economic changes of the late Middle Ages. Within th\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI Female Monasticism, Power, and Historiography – an Introduction \/ II The Early Medieval Background: Notre-Dame de Soissons, Buchau Abbey, and Fraumünster of Zurich \/ III The Worldly Dominions of Women Religious in Late Medieval Europe \/ IV Economic Strategists: Klingental in Basel I \/ V Following the Money: Klingental in Basel II \/ Conclusion\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018952442199,"sku":"9781032290706","price":128.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/monastic-women-and-secular-economy-in-later-medieval-europe-ca-1200-to-1500-9781032290706","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}