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A pernicious sort of woman : quasi-religious women and canon lawyers in the later Middle Ages / Elizabeth Makowski.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Makowski, Elizabeth M., 1951-
- Series:
- Studies in medieval and early modern canon law ; v. 6.
- Studies in medieval and early modern canon law ; v. 6
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Monasticism and religious orders for women (Canon law)--History--To 1500.
- Monasticism and religious orders for women (Canon law).
- Third orders--History--To 1500.
- Third orders.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (206 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, c2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book provides a thorough examination of the writings of canon lawyers in the late Middle Ages as they come to terms, both in their academic work and also in their roles as judges and advisers, with women who were not, strictly speaking, religious, but who were popularly thought of as such.
- Contents:
- Academic commentary : lawyers interpret the law
- Consilia, and decisiones : practical application of legal theory
- Assessment and reassessment.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-160) and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-8132-1622-2
- OCLC:
- 646786285
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