What Nuns Read: Books and Libraries in Medieval English NunneriesThe literacy and education of medieval nuns has been a subject of dispute and study in recent years. In his third Index of medieval libraries, David Bell presents a comprehensive list of all manuscripts and printed books which have been traced with certainty or high probability to english nunneries. A systematic listing of the books available to english nuns, and in the process an indication of the wealth, the intellectual level, and the spirituality of english nuns from the Conquest to the Reformation. |
Contents
Preface | 1 |
Incomes and Acquisitions | 7 |
Manuscripts and Books | 33 |
Learning and Literacy | 59 |
Part II | 68 |
Abbreviations Part II 99 909 | 97 |
Nunneries | 103 |
Cartularies and Related Documents | 219 |
Index of Works in French | 231 |
Index of Works in Latin excluding biblical | 237 |
Index of Biblical and Liturgical Works in Latin | 245 |
Index of Names Relating to Inscriptions | 251 |
Index of Incipits | 261 |
General Index to Part I | 273 |
Bibliography | 283 |
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