{"id":1465,"date":"2023-06-03T12:01:41","date_gmt":"2023-06-03T12:01:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/medingen.seh.ox.ac.uk\/?p=1465"},"modified":"2024-10-17T13:35:52","modified_gmt":"2024-10-17T13:35:52","slug":"unerhorte-frauen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medingen.seh.ox.ac.uk\/index.php\/2023\/06\/03\/unerhorte-frauen\/","title":{"rendered":"Unerh\u00f6rte Frauen! Book on Medieval Nuns Published"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On 1 June 2023, Unerh\u00f6rte Frauen. Die Netzwerke der Nonnen im Mittelalter<\/strong>, a new book on the networks of the nuns in the Middle Ages by Henrike L\u00e4hnemann and Eva Schlotheuber came out. It presents the world of the religious women in their own voices and art works, unlocking rich resources, particularly from late medieval Northern German convents. Order here<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

An English translation is available open access under the title The Life of Nuns: Love, Politics, and Religion in Medieval Women\u2019s Convents<\/em>, transl. by Anne Simon, June 2024 with Open Book Publishers<\/a>: https:\/\/www.openbookpublishers.com\/books\/10.11647\/obp.0397<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Remarkable Women<\/strong> (literally: unheard BUT also implying courageous, outspoken\u2026). The Networks of the Nuns in the Middle Ages<\/strong> presents a rich array of original source material which for the first time unlocks the lives of these religious women from their perspective. Based on the diary of a nun from Braunschweig and 1.800 previously unpublished letters from the Benedictine convent of L\u00fcne. Available in German from the publisher Ullstein in the series Propyl\u00e4en.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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From the publisher’s website: Love, Politics and Everyday Life in Medieval Women’s Convents<\/strong>
Half of those who entered a monastic community in the Middle Ages were women. What were their motives? What was their cloistered life like? How did they think and how did they live? Henrike L\u00e4hnemann and Eva Schlotheuber offer a lively insight into the largely unknown life and work of religious women. Original source material shows the world of the nuns from their perspective for the first time. Reading sample in German<\/a>. Reading sample in English<\/a>.
HENRIKE L\u00c4HNEMANN <\/a>is the first woman to be appointed to a chair in the Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages at the University of Oxford, where she teaches German literature of the Middle Ages and works on textual and visual evidence from the women’s convents of northern Germany.
EVA SCHLOTHEUBER<\/a> is Professor of Medieval History at Heinrich Heine University D\u00fcsseldorf, where she researches and teaches on the education and lifeworld of religious women. She was the first woman to chair the Association of Historians of Germany from 2016 to 2021.
Whole generations of educated, argumentative and enterprising nuns have been overlooked by historiography. Now, Henrike L\u00e4hnemann and Eva Schlotheuber’s account shows that nuns were an active and influential part of medieval society. They acted as role models and were in active in exchange with other convents, city representatives and church authority. They self-confidently organised their demanding daily lives, ran the convents as successful businesses and offered the girls studying in the convent school a comprehensive educational programme. In stories from previously inaccessible diaries and letters, the women themselves speak for the first time about many aspects of their lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The nuns of Kloster Medingen celebrate Easter, joined in their praise by the lay-people on the right and the angels above
Dombibliothek Hildesheim Ms J 29, fol. 52r, written by Winheid (of Winsen) in 1478, Latin with Middle Low German, handschriftencensus no. 16271<\/a>, digital images on hab.bodleian<\/a> = Tafel 13 in the book<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The book will be presented in a number of readings and other events across Germany, with a prominent launch on 28 July 2023, 3:30pm at Kloster L\u00fcne hosted by the newly elected Abbess Am\u00e9lie Gr\u00e4fin zu Dohna<\/a>, the 23rd Protestant Abbess of the convent. The launch will start with a special guided tour highlighting the material culture featured in the book, including the title image of the vision of the nun Dorothea von Meding, and will conclude with Vespers on the nuns’ choir.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Book presentations:
18 July 2023 6:15pm guest lecture<\/a> at the German Department as part of the SFB ‘Andere \u00c4sthetik’ in T\u00fcbingen.
19 July 2:15pm as part of the end-of-year celebration of the MAZ (Mittelalterzentrum) <\/a>at FRIAS (Freiburg Institute of Advanced Studies). Recording of the book presentation<\/a> on the FRIAS youtube channel<\/a>.
28 July 3pm at Kloster L\u00fcne<\/a>, followed by Vespers on the nuns choir
29 July 7pm reading from the book at Kloster Mariensee<\/a>
22 August 7pm reading from the book at the Jesuitenbibliothek Z\u00fcrich<\/a>
18 December 7:30pm reading from the book at the Marktkirche Goslar
<\/a>21 December 6:45pm as guests on the red sofa at NDR DAS!<\/a> with a report on this in English on Polyglot<\/a>
8 July 2024 7pm reading from the book at the Literaturhaus Heilbronn<\/a>
9 July 2024 7pm reading from the book at the Gemeindehaus Rommelsbach<\/a>
11 July 2024, 6:15pm: Studium generale Freiburg: ‘B\u00fccher, \u00fcber die man spricht<\/a>‘<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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