medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Many thanks to Megan and Anna. Definitely boo to Coredon and Williams for
the lack of notes (and bibliography), also boo to me for having forgotten
that the first line of attack for ecclesiastical vocabulary should always be
the Vulgate.
Bernadette
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From: "Megan McLaughlin" <[log in to unmask]>
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Subject: Re: [M-R] mulierculae and beguines
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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> The source is the Vulgate text of II Tim., 3: 6--"For of this sort are
> those who creep into households and make captives of gullible women
> [mulierculas] loaded down with sins . . ."
> Best, Megan
>
> At 02:17 PM 1/24/2005 -0500, you wrote:
> >medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
> >I've been leafing through Coredon and Williams' Dictionary of Medieval
> >Terms and Phrases (it seems to apply primarily, if not almost entirely,
to
> >documents from the British Isles) and came across a cross reference from
> >"beguine" to "mulierculae", the latter being defined as "The 'little
> >women"' whom students at Oxford c. 1250 were forbidden to have or keep
in
> >their lodgings. - Cf. Beguine." Does any of the eruditi/ae happen to
know
> >the source for this? and was this the usage on the continent, too, for
> >beguines ? In at least early medieval continental
> >sources mulierculae is simply a rather dismissive way of referring to
> >laywomen.
> >
> >Bernadette Filotas
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