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

Looptijd

01-10-2014 → 30-09-2017

Financiering

Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund, Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)

Promotor

Jeroen Deploige

Onderzoeksdisciplines

Humanities and the arts
- History

Trefwoorden

Zuidelijke Nederlanden religieuze geschiedenis cisterciënzerorde gender spiritualiteit centrale middeleeuwen mulieres religiosae

Projectomschrijving

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.