The Convent and the Community in Late Medieval England: Female Monasteries in the Diocese of Norwich, 1350-1540 From: The Catholic Historical Review | Date: April 1, 1999| Author: Tillotson, John | Copyright Catholic University of America Press Apr 1999. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

The Convent and the Community in Late Medieval England Female Monasteries in the Diocese of Norwich, 1350-1540. By Marilyn Oliva. [Studies in the History of Medieval Religion, Vol. 12.] (Rochester, New York: The Boydell Press. 1998. Pp. xiv, 271. $90.00.)

This is a work of historical revision which challenges the model of late medieval female monasticism established for England by Eileen Power threequarters of a century ago. Dr. Oliva convincingly argues for a new interpretation infor...