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Revue des sociétés savantes de la France et de l'étranger
Bulletin des sociétés savantes, missions scientifiques et littéraires
Women's Monasticism and Medieval Society
In this engaging work, Bruce L. Venarde uncovers a largely unknown story of women's religious lives and puts female monasticism back in the mainstream of medieval ecclesiastical history. To chart the expansion of nunneries in France and England during the central Middle Ages, he presents statistics and narratives to describe growth in broad historical contexts, with special attention to social and economic change. Venarde explains that in the years 1000–1300 the number of nunneries within Europe grew tenfold. In the eleventh and twelfth centuries, religious institutions for women developed in a variety of ways, mostly outside the self-conscious reform movements that have been the tradition...
Le Forez pittoresque & monumental
Le Forez est une ancienne province de France qui correspond à la partie centrale du département de la Loire et une partie du département de la Haute-Loire et du Puy-de-Dôme. Le livre, publié en 1889, est un grand travail d ́archéologie photographique, avec l ́histoire et description du département de la Loire et ses confins. Ouvrage illustré de 980 gravures ou eaux-fortes, publié sous les auspices de la Diana, Societé Historique et Archéologique du Forez)
