Confinement and exclusion in the monasteries of sixth-century Gaul.

During the sixth century, some monasteries in Gaul began to strictly exclude women from areas within their grounds, while some convents began to take an uncompromising approach to the confinement of women, refusing to permit them to leave for any reason. Evidence for this appears in both monastic ru...

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Published in:	Early Medieval Europe Vol. 22; no. 3; pp. 304 - 336
Main Author:	Dailey, E.T.
Format:	Article
Published:	Wiley-Blackwell Aug2014
Subjects:	Gregory, Saint, Bishop of Tours, 538-594 Monastic rules Solitude Monks Nuns Ecclesiastical law Monasteries Religion Gaul
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost