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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Griffiths, Fiona J., author.
Title: Nuns’ priests’ tales: men and salvation in medieval women’s monastic life / Fiona J. Griffiths.
Other titles: Middle Ages series.
Description: 1st edition. | Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2018] | Series: The Middle Ages series
Identifiers: LCCN 2017027111 | ISBN 9780812249750 (hardcover: alk. paper)
Subjects: LCSH: Monastic and religious life of women—History—Middle Ages, 600-1500. | Pastoral care—History—To 1500. | Catholic Church—Clergy—History—To 1500.
Classification: LCC BX4210 .G754 2018 | DDC 271/.9000902—dc23
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