Cistercian Nuns in England c.1150-1550AD: A Gendered History of a Monastic Institution

这个项目不仅改写了以前被忽视的中世纪西多会修女的历史，而且更广泛地改写了中世纪西多会修道院制度的历史。以英国西多会妇女为案例研究，它将产生两个重大突破。首先，它将证明西多会宗教秩序的历史在分析性别问题时看起来非常不同。其次，它将根据中心-边缘关系的原则重新配置我们对这一经典寺院制度的理解。这两种结果都产生了新的策略，以创造边缘化群体的历史，而不是以主导群体的历史为前提。

This project re-writes the history not just of the previously ignored medieval Cistercian nun but of the medieval Cistercian monastic institution more broadly. Using English Cistercian women as case studies, it will produce two major breakthroughs. First, it will demonstrate that the history of the Cistercian religious order looks very different when analysed with issues of gender to the fore. Second, it will reconfigure our understanding of this classic monastic institution according to the principles of centre-periphery relations. Both outcomes produce new strategies for creating histories of marginalised groups that are not premised on the histories of the dominant groups.