List of nunneries, excluding Gilbertine:
p 685 . Aconbury to Blithbury.
p 686 . Brewood to Chester.
p 687 . Clementhorpe to Fairwell.
p 688 . Flamstead to Irford.
p 689 . Ivinghoe to Marykate.
p 690 . Marlow, Little to Rothwell.
p 691 . Rowney to Thicket.
p 692 . Usk to Yedingham.
p 686 . Brewood to Chester.
p 687 . Clementhorpe to Fairwell.
p 688 . Flamstead to Irford.
p 689 . Ivinghoe to Marykate.
p 690 . Marlow, Little to Rothwell.
p 691 . Rowney to Thicket.
p 692 . Usk to Yedingham.
. Medieval English Nunneries, c. 1275 to 1535 . ebook of Eileen Power's work (1922).
. Cloistered Women and Male Authority: Power and Authority in
Yorkshire Nunneries in the Later Middle Ages, by Janet Burton.
. The Convent and the Community in Late Medieval England: Female Monasteries.Links to articles and other resources:
Monasteries in Medieval England. Daily life on a medieval monastery in England and Wales. (brief overview, new window)
Dead virgins: feminine sanctity in medieval Wales.
Nuns in the Middle Ages – Of noble birth and firm resolve.
Nun, Widow, Wife, and More!: Career Options for Medieval Women.
List of monastic houses in England is a catalogue of abbeys, priories, friaries and other monastic religious houses in England.Nun, Widow, Wife, and More!: Career Options for Medieval Women.
Marriage banns and marital bans ..
Women: dower, dowry; single, wed, widowed, working, nun ..
Over the centuries, countless women in the Christian West have been defined by appearance or attire and have been variously objectified by those in authority over them.
Among these countless women, there is a particular group called “anchorites” (anchorites could be men, but were more frequently women). Anchorites, who were very common in England in the Middle Ages, were people who wanted to live lives of Christian prayer and extreme devotion to God. In order to do this, they allowed themselves to be permanently enclosed in small rooms (called “cells”) adjoining their local church and vowed themselves to a life of chastity and penance. Their enclosure began when they were literally bricked into their cells, and was meant to continue until the moment of their death. In fact, we have quite a few records of anchorites being buried within their own cells.
Among these countless women, there is a particular group called “anchorites” (anchorites could be men, but were more frequently women). Anchorites, who were very common in England in the Middle Ages, were people who wanted to live lives of Christian prayer and extreme devotion to God. In order to do this, they allowed themselves to be permanently enclosed in small rooms (called “cells”) adjoining their local church and vowed themselves to a life of chastity and penance. Their enclosure began when they were literally bricked into their cells, and was meant to continue until the moment of their death. In fact, we have quite a few records of anchorites being buried within their own cells.
