What Nuns Read: Books and Libraries in Medieval English Nunneries

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Year of Publication
1995
Contributors Author: David N. Bell
Series Title
Cistercian Studies Series
Volume
158
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Number of Pages
300 pp.
Publisher
Cistercian Publications
City
Kalamazoo, MI
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ISBN
9780879075583
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Descriptive catalog of manuscripts with some connection to English nunneries from the Norman Conquest in the 11th century to the dissolution of English monasteries in the 16th century. Contents: pt. 1. Incomes and acquisitions. Manuscripts and books. Learning and literacy pt. 2. A list of manuscripts and printed books from English nunneries