medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
In that case, are there other terms that refer specifically to what
we moderns would recognize as "monks" and "nuns"?
Meg
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From: medieval-religion - Scholarly discussions of medieval religious culture on behalf of Ann Ball
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Subject: Re: [M-R] married Irish religious
medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
In a message dated 3/28/2005 2:42:57 PM Central Standard Time, [log in to unmask] writes:
It would not be accurate to say that Irish monks or nuns could marry.
According to the Celtic scholar and historian Peter Berresford Ellis, they could and did. Perhaps there is a problem with semantics with the definitions of `monk' and `nun' using modern concepts - both terms (nonnus and nonna) were simply forms of address to elderly people.
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