Women of God and arms : female spirituality and political conflict, 1380-1600

Publication Data

• Title Women of God and arms : female spirituality and political conflict, 1380-1600
• Author Nancy Bradley Warren
• Publisher University of Pennsylvania Press
• Publication date 2005
• Publication location Philadelphia, Pa.
• Language English

Contents

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.

Topics

• Christian women :: Religious life :: Europe :: History :: To 1500
• Christian women :: Europe :: History :: To 1500
• Women in politics :: Europe :: History :: To 1500
• Christian women :: Religious life :: Europe :: History :: 16th century
• Christian women :: Europe :: History :: 16th century
• 013269720

Women of God and arms : female spirituality and political conflict, 1380-1600 by Nancy Bradley Warren. ISBN 9780812238921. Published by University of Pennsylvania Press in 2005. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.