28 September 2026
Stiftsdamen, Klosterfrauen und Beginen im Spätmittelalter
After Cologne, Strasbourg was the city with the most religious women’s communities in the late medieval empire. The study sheds light on the broad spectrum of religious lifestyles for women in a late medieval city, their close integration into the urban environment and the sometimes considerable power of clerical women in political, economic and religious matters
Author: Sigrid Hirbodian
