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قراءة كتاب Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535
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اللغة: English
الصفحة رقم: 2
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CONTENTS
| PAGE | ||
| CHAPTER I. THE NOVICE | ||
| Situation, income and size of the English nunneries | 1 | |
| Nuns drawn from (1) the nobles and gentry | 4 | |
| (2) the middle class | 9 | |
| Nunneries in medieval wills | 14 | |
| The dowry system | 16 | |
| Motives for taking the veil: | ||
| (1) | a career and a vocation for girls | 25 |
| (2) | a ‘dumping ground’ for political prisoners | 29 |
| (3) | for illegitimate, deformed or half-witted girls | 30 |
| (4) | nuns forced unwillingly to profess by their relations | 33 |
| (5) | a refuge for widows and occasionally for wives | 38 |
| CHAPTER II. THE HEAD OF THE HOUSE | ||
| Superiors usually women of social standing | 42 | |
| Elections and election disputes | 43 | |
| Resignations | 56 | |
| Special temptations of a superior: | ||
| (1) | excessive independence and comfort | 59 |
| (2) | autocratic government | 64 |
| (3) | favouritism | 66 |
| The superior a great lady in the country side | 68 | |
| Journeys | 69 | |
| Luxurious clothes and entertainments | 73 | |
| Picture of heads of houses in Bishop Alnwick’s Lincoln visitations (1436-49) | 80 | |
| Wicked prioresses | 82 | |
| Good prioresses | 89 | |
| General conclusion: Chaucer’s picture borne out by the records | 94 | |
| CHAPTER III. WORLDLY GOODS | ||
| Evidence as to monastic property in | ||
| (1) | the Valor Ecclesiasticus | 96 |
| (2) | monastic account rolls | 97 |
| Variation of size and income among houses | 98 | |
| Methods of administration of estates | 99 | |
| Sources of income: | ||
| (1) | rents from land and houses | |