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Confinement and exclusion in the monasteries of sixth‐century G aul
Author(s) -
Dailey E.T.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
early medieval europe
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.1
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 1468-0254
pISSN - 0963-9462
DOI - 10.1111/emed.12063
Subject(s) - legislation , variety (cybernetics) , focus (optics) , sixth century , history , law , political science , ancient history , computer science , artificial intelligence , physics , optics
During the sixth century, some monasteries in G aul began to strictly exclude women from areas within their grounds, while some convents began to take an uncompromising approach to the confinement of women, refusing to permit them to leave for any reason. Evidence for this appears in both monastic rules and ecclesiastical legislation, although it is clear that no single approach was applied consistently or ubiquitously. Indeed, as an analysis of the writings of G regory of T ours demonstrates, there was a variety of approaches to the issue of secluding monks and nuns from the influences of the outside world, as well as different motives for adopting or resisting such developments as they took shape over the course of the century. This article attempts to reconstruct this variety of practice by comparing the rules and legislation with G regory's works, with particular focus on the confinement and exclusion of women.

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