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The Bodily and Multi-Sensory Experiences of Cistercian Nuns: The Collective Liturgy and Ceremonies of the Holy Week in Lichtenthal

open access: yesReligions
Holy Week, the most significant period of the Christian liturgical year, was marked by solemn and complex rituals enacted within the sacred spaces of medieval religious communities.
Davide Tramarin
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An Isotopic Exploration of Medieval Nun Diet at Saint-Pierre de l’Almanarre, Var, France: A Pilot Study

open access: yesBulletins et Mémoires de la Société d’Anthropologie de Paris
The Cistercian abbey and cemetery of Saint-Pierre de l’Almanarre (13th-14th centuries AD) is located near Hyères, Var, France. The cemetery, which predated the abbey foundation, was occupied by the nuns, but also by the lay population including men ...
Jane Holmstrom   +3 more
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Fourteenth-Century Music [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Review of several newly released recordings of fourteenth-century ...
Colton, Lisa
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‘That Profession and Habit that None Other Be of Within this Realm’: The Battel Hall Retable, Visual Culture and Intersections of Community Identity in a Late Medieval English Convent

open access: yesHistory, Volume 111, Issue 394, Page 30-53, January 2026.
Abstract The Battel Hall Retable – created around the late fourteenth to early fifteenth century and once belonging to the Dominican nuns of Dartford Priory – offers a rare glimpse into the visual lives of late medieval English nuns, inviting an insight into the intersections of communal identities for these women religious.
ELIZABETH GOODWIN
wiley   +1 more source

Spiritual writings and religious instruction [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
As soon as a would-be writer picked up the pen in this period, he (or just occasionally she) had to make a far-reaching decision: whether to write in English, Anglo-Norman or Latin. The answer would emerge from the intersection of the text's genre and of
Barratt, Alexandra
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Monastic Buildings: A Review About New Uses on Former Monasteries. The Portuguese Cistercian Case [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
3er Simposio Mundial Multidisciplinario de Ingeniería Civil, Arquitectura y Urbanismo (WMCAUS 2018): 18-22 de junio de 2018, Praga, República ChecaThis paper aims to present a review contribution to the history of the reform and renewal in the Portuguese
Martins, Ana María Tavares Ferreira   +2 more
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The “Analogs for VENus' GEologically Recent Surfaces” (AVENGERS) Initiative: Using Terrestrial Analogs to Study Recent Volcano‐Tectonic Activity on Venus and Inform the Characterization of Terrestrial Exoplanets

open access: yesJournal of Geophysical Research: Planets, Volume 130, Issue 9, September 2025.
Abstract Several missions to Venus have recently been selected for launch, opening a new era for the exploration of the planet. A key question these missions seek to address is whether Venus is geologically active today. Detecting active volcanism on Venus would contribute to a better understanding of volcanic and atmospheric processes on Earth.
P. D’Incecco   +55 more
wiley   +1 more source

A morte e a memória no Mosteiro de Lorvão

open access: yesMedievalista
The celebration of death within a Cistercian context was subject to the guidelines stipulated by the General Chapter of the Order, yet it revealed distinctive features varying from one monastery to another.
Luís Miguel Rêpas   +1 more
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Infancy and education in the writings of Gertrud the Great of Helfta [PDF]

open access: yes, 2000
The German Benedictine nun Gertrud the Great of Heifta c.1256-1302 was one of the most highly educated of medieval women mystics. Unlike most religious women of the Middle Ages, she not only read Latin but also wrote it fluently and prolifically.
Barratt, Alexandra
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Books as a source of medical education for women in the middle ages [PDF]

open access: yes, 2000
The development of philosophical medicine in the high and late Middle Ages brought with it a powerful association of medical knowledge with the written word.
Green, Monica H.
core   +2 more sources

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