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Warren, Nancy Bradley.

Women of God and arms female spirituality and political conflict, 1380-1600 / [electronic resource] : Nancy Bradley Warren. - Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2005. - 264 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Monastic politics -- Strategic saints and diplomatic devotions -- The sword and the cloister -- Religion and female rule -- The mystic, the monarch, and the persistence of "the medieval" -- Dissolution, diaspora, and defining Englishness -- Conclusion: The power of the past.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

ISBN: 9780812204544 (electronic bk.)

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Subjects--Topical Terms:
Christian women--Religious life--History--Europe--To 1500.
Christian women--Political activity--History--Europe--To 1500.
Christian women--Religious life--History--Europe--16th century.
Christian women--Political activity--History--Europe--16th century.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Europe--Church history--600-1500.
Europe--Church history--16th century.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: BV4527 / .W36 2005

Dewey Class. No.: 274/.05/082