Gilbert of Sempringham and the Gilbertine Order, C. 1130-c. 1300One of the most striking features of the twelfth-century Church was the growing desire of women for a greater role in the monastic life. Contemporary monastic reformers responded to this demand in various ways: some focused their appeal on women, others actively discouraged all contact; but all were agreed on the need to regularise religious life for women. In England this phenomenon is most clearly seen in the emergence of the Gilbertine order, founded by the Lincolnshire priest, Gilbert of Sempringham. |
Contents
The Making of a Saint | 7 |
Master and Saint | 51 |
The Making of the Rule | 71 |
Conclusion | 133 |
Education and Learning | 170 |
Gilbertine Foundations | 191 |
Communities for Canons Only | 219 |
Eleemosynary Foundations | 227 |
The Chronology of Endowment | 280 |
Benefits and Benefactors | 309 |
Benefits | 322 |
The Gilbertines and their Churches | 353 |
The Gilbertine Economy | 392 |
Wool | 419 |
Conclusion | 444 |
The Documentary Sources | 450 |
Gilbertine Foundations 1189c 1300 | 240 |
Failures | 248 |
Patterns of Endowment | 263 |
Documentary Problems and the Chronology | 458 |
Index | 487 |
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