BOOK COVER; HALF-TITLE; TITLE02; TITLE01; COPYRIGHT; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; LIST OF TABLES; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION AND HISTORIOGRAPHY; CHAPTER TWO THE ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE OF THE HUMILIATI; CHAPTER THREE GENDER COMPOSITION OF THE HUMILIATI; CHAPTER FOUR THE SOCIAL COMPOSITION OF THE HUMILIATI; CHAPTER FIVE THE HUMILIATI AS "HUMBLE WEAVERS"; CHAPTER SIX EVIDENCE OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITY AND CHARITY; CONCLUSION; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
Summary
This work provides a glimpse at the novel ways in which in medieval Italy women were able to satisfy their spiritual and economic needs within the confines of a male dominated Church and society
