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Examination of the role of the convent superior in the middle ages,
underlining the amount of power and responsibility at her command.
The position of an abbess or prioress in the middle ages was one of
great responsibility, with care for both the spiritual and economic
welfare of her convent. This book considers the power wielded by
and available to such women.It addresses leadership models,
questions of social identity and the varying perceptions of the
role and performance of the abbess or prioress via a close
examination of the records of sixteen female houses in the period
from 1280to 1540; the large range of documentary evidence used
includes selections from episcopal registers, account rolls, plea
rolls, Chancery documents, letters, petitions, medieval literature
and comparative material from additional nunneries. The theme of
conflict recurs throughout, as religious women are revealed
steering their communities between the directives of the church and
the demands of their budgets or their secular neighbours. The
Dissolution and its effects on the morale and behaviour of the last
superiors conclude the study.
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