'Then she went to a mountain solitude': searching for nuns in the bushes of medieval Welsh hagiography

G.J.  Morgan

doi:10.1484/J.PERIT.5.131905

'Then she went to a mountain solitude': searching for nuns in the bushes of medieval Welsh hagiography

G.J. Morgan^*

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School of History

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Abstract

By analysing medieval Welsh hagiographies, it is shown that the contradiction between the existence of numerous female saints and the lack of female monasticism is not as surprising as it first appears. These vitae produce a model for religious women that would produce little textual or archaeological evidence, if it attracted any women at all.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	213-226
Number of pages	14
Journal	Peritia
Volume	33
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1484/J.PERIT.5.131905
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2022

Keywords

Religious women
Wales
Hagiography
Monasticism
Winefride
Melangell
Trinihid
Gwladus

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