 | Creating Cistercian Nuns: The Women''s Religious Movement and Its Reform in Thirteenth-Century Champagne Subjects: Cistercian nuns -- France -- Champagne-Ardenne -- History -- To 1500; Monastic and religious life of women -- France -- Champagne-Ardenne -- History -- To 1500; Champagne-Ardenne (France) -- Religious life and customs; In Creating Cistercian Nuns , Anne E. Lester addresses a central issue in the history of the medieval church: the role of women in the rise of the religious reform movement of the thirteenth century. Anne E. Lester is Associate Professor of History at the University of Colorado Boulder. |
