1st Edition
Female Monastic Life in Early Tudor England With an Edition of Richard Fox's Translation of the Benedictine Rule for Women, 1517
Edited By Barry Collett
Copyright 2002
192 Pages
by
Routledge
192 Pages
by
Routledge
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This gendered translation of the Benedictine Rule for women in 1517 is also a handbook for women on exercising authority, management skills and the art of good governance, including monastic property and relations with the outside world. Barry Collett here provides a modern facsimile edition of Fox's translation, written in the tumbling phrases of passionate prose that make Fox stand out as a... Read more
Contents: English society and Here begynneth: the question of good govermamce in 1516; The monastic life and Here begynneth: the ambivalence of the monastic vocation; Making the translation during autumn and winter of 1516: Here begynneth and the early modern Englishwoman; Three Epilogues: Fox, the nuns, and the book; editorial notes: Here begynneth the rule of seynt Benet: Richard Fox's translation of the Benedictine rule for Women, 1517; Bibliography; Index.
Biography
Barry Collett
'The introductory essay provides a vivid account of some of the last abbesses and prioresses drawn mainly from episcopal and archiepiscopal visitation records.' Journal of Ecclesiastical History 'Collett's affection for Fox and his translation make this book a valuable contribution to the study of early modern English nuns.' The Catholic Historical Review
