medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
On Friday, March 28, 2008, at 8:06 am, christopher crockett wrote:
> From: John Dillon <[log in to unmask]>
>
> > 4) Stephen Harding (d. 1134). ....Those houses (La Ferté , Pontigny,
> Clairvaux, and Morimond) all were male, but in the early 1120s S. had
> a major
> role in the establishment of the first Cistercian house for women, the
> convent
> at Tart....
>
> this is some kind of joke, right?
>
>
> or is it yet another proof of 12th c. Misogyny?
>
No joke. This Tart, by the way, had many daughters. See:
http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=12154486
Granting for the sake of levity some English-language significance to the name, I'd still be tempted to treat it more as a case of _lucus a non lucendo_ than of misogyny.
Best again,
John Dillon
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