Book contents
- Frontmatter
- GENERAL PREFACE
- AUTHOR'S PREFACE
- Contents
- LIST OF PLATES
- CHAPTER I THE NOVICE
- CHAPTER II THE HEAD OF THE HOUSE
- CHAPTER III WORLDLY GOODS
- CHAPTER IV MONASTIC HOUSEWIVES
- CHAPTER V FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES
- CHAPTER VI EDUCATION
- CHAPTER VII ROUTINE AND REACTION
- CHAPTER VIII PRIVATE LIFE AND PRIVATE PROPERTY
- CHAPTER IX FISH OUT OF WATER
- CHAPTER X THE WORLD IN THE CLOISTER
- CHAPTER XI THE OLDE DAUNCE
- CHAPTER XII THE MACHINERY OF REFORM
- CHAPTER XIII THE NUN IN MEDIEVAL LITERATURE
- APPENDICES
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX
- Plate section
CHAPTER VIII - PRIVATE LIFE AND PRIVATE PROPERTY
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 April 2012
- Frontmatter
- GENERAL PREFACE
- AUTHOR'S PREFACE
- Contents
- LIST OF PLATES
- CHAPTER I THE NOVICE
- CHAPTER II THE HEAD OF THE HOUSE
- CHAPTER III WORLDLY GOODS
- CHAPTER IV MONASTIC HOUSEWIVES
- CHAPTER V FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES
- CHAPTER VI EDUCATION
- CHAPTER VII ROUTINE AND REACTION
- CHAPTER VIII PRIVATE LIFE AND PRIVATE PROPERTY
- CHAPTER IX FISH OUT OF WATER
- CHAPTER X THE WORLD IN THE CLOISTER
- CHAPTER XI THE OLDE DAUNCE
- CHAPTER XII THE MACHINERY OF REFORM
- CHAPTER XIII THE NUN IN MEDIEVAL LITERATURE
- APPENDICES
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX
- Plate section
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- Medieval English Nunneriesc.1275 to 1535, pp. 315 - 340Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010First published in: 1922