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| Preface | [vii] |
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| [CHAPTER I.] |
| INTRODUCTORY. |
| § 1. The Borderland of Heathendom and Christianity | [1] |
| § 2. The Tribal Goddess as a Christian Saint | [15] |
| § 3. Further Peculiarities of this Type of Saint | [28] |
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| [CHAPTER II.] |
| CONVENTS AMONG THE FRANKS, A.D. 550-650. |
| § 1. At the Frankish Invasion | [45] |
| § 2. St Radegund and the Nunnery at Poitiers | [51] |
| § 3. The Revolt of the Nuns at Poitiers. Convent Life in the North | [65] |
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| [CHAPTER III.] |
| CONVENTS AMONG THE ANGLO-SAXONS, A.D. 630-730. |
| § 1. Early Houses in Kent | [79] |
| § 2. The Monastery at Whitby | [88] |
| § 3. Ely and the influence of Bishop Wilfrith | [95] |
| § 4. Houses in Mercia and in the South | [106] |
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| [CHAPTER IV.] |
| ANGLO-SAXON NUNS IN CONNECTION WITH BONIFACE. |
| § 1. The Women corresponding with Boniface | [118] |
| § 2. Anglo-Saxon Nuns abroad | [134] |
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| [CHAPTER V.] |
| CONVENTS IN SAXON LANDS BETWEEN A.D. 800-1000. |
| § 1. Women’s Convents in Saxony | [143] |
| § 2. Early History of Gandersheim | [154] |
| § 3. The Nun Hrotsvith and her Writings | [160] |
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| [CHAPTER VI.] |
| THE MONASTIC REVIVAL OF THE MIDDLE AGES. |
| 1. The new Monastic Orders | [184] |
| § 2. Benedictine Convents in the Twelfth Century | [201] |
| § 3. The Order of St Gilbert of Sempringham | [213] |
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| [CHAPTER VII.] |
| ART INDUSTRIES IN THE NUNNERY. |
| § 1. Art Industries generally | [222] |
| § 2. Herrad and the ‘Garden of Delights’ | [238] |
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| [CHAPTER VIII.] |
| PROPHECY AND PHILANTHROPY. |
| § 1. St Hildegard of Bingen and St Elisabeth of Schönau | [256] |
| § 2. Women-Saints connected with Charity and Philanthropy | [285] |
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| [CHAPTER IX.] |
| EARLY MYSTIC LITERATURE. |
| § 1. Mystic Writings for Women in England | [305] |
| § 2. The Convent of Helfta and its Literary Nuns | [328] |
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| [CHAPTER X.] |
| SOME ASPECTS OF THE CONVENT IN ENGLAND DURING THE LATER MIDDLE AGES. |
| § 1. The external Relations of the Convent | [354] |
| § 2. The internal Arrangements of the Convent | [365] |
| § 3. The Foundation and internal Arrangements of Sion | [383] |
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| [CHAPTER XI.] |
| MONASTIC REFORM PREVIOUS TO THE REFORMATION. |
| § 1. Visitations of Nunneries in England | [398] |
| § 2. Reforms in Germany | [414] |
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| [CHAPTER XII.] |
| THE DISSOLUTION. |
| § 1. The Dissolution of Nunneries in England | [432] |
| § 2. The Memoir of Charitas Pirckheimer | [458] |
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| Conclusion | [477] |
| Appendix. The Rhyme of Herrad | [485] |
| Index | [488] |