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Project

Female devotion, male commitment? The rise of Cistercian women and the provision of the cura monialium in the Southern Low Countries, 1150-1275.
Code
3E012414
Duration
01 October 2014 → 30 September 2017
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund, Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)
Research disciplines
  • Humanities and the arts
    • History
Keywords
gender mulieres religiosae Cistercian order Southern Low Countries high middle ages religious history spirituality
 
Project description
 

My project aims to study the emergence of Cistercian nunneries between 1150 and 1275 in the Southern Low Countries. I will examine the spiritual ideals that inspired these communities for women and the process by which they became part of the Cistercian order. I will also explore the culture of support amongst Cistercian monks and local bishops for these women.