Brides of Christ
Women and monasticism in medieval and early modern Ireland
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Brides of Christ
Women and monasticism in medieval and early modern Ireland
About this book
Throughout the long history of Irish monasticism, the experience of women monastics has, until recently, been relatively sidelined. A desire to redress this inspired the decision in 2021 to dedicate the Fifth Glenstal History Conference to exploring the various ways in which women responded to the monastic and ascetic vocation in Medieval and Early Modern Ireland. Whether as practitioners or as patrons, women found creative and dynamic ways to pursue their calling as 'Brides of Christ' between the fifth and the seventeenth centuries, often in the face of tremendous difficulties and challenges. Their lives of prayer and service are sometimes hard to glimpse but the combined interdisciplinary perspectives of these essays brings them into sharper focus. The collection also demonstrates the current vitality of research on this topic and includes contributions by both established and emerging scholars. The volume is dedicated to Dr. Dagmar Ó Riain Raedel in recognition of her outstanding contribution to Irish and European medieval history and, in particular, to the study of medieval Irish-German monastic relations.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- List of Illustrations
- List of Abbreviations
- List of Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Foreword - Abbess Máire Hickey OSB
- Introduction - Tracy Collins & Bronagh Ann McShane
- 'On the brink of the wave': towards an archaeology of female religious in early medieval Ireland - Tracy Collins
- Locating female saints and their foundations in the early medieval Irish martyrologies - Elva Johnston
- Soul sisters: two Irish holy women in their late antique context - Catherine Swift
- The other Peregrinatio: pilgrim nuns in medieval Regensburg and their Irish connections
- Putting women in order: a comparison of the medieval women religiousof Ballymore-Loughsewdy and Prémontré - Yvonne Seale
- Keeping it in the family: familial connections of abbesses and prioresses of convents in medieval Ireland - Mary Ann Lyons
- Marginal figures? Quasi-religious women in medieval Ireland - Colmán Ó Clabaigh OSB
- Sisters of the priory confraternity of Christ Church, Dublin, in the late Middle Ages - Colm Lennon
- Who were the nuns in early modern Ireland? - Bronagh Ann McShane
- Brides of Christ: 'ladies of fame and women worthy of praise' - Bishop Anne Dyer
- Bibliography
- Index