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Meghan Lescault, « Does Purple Preclude Piety?: Jacques de Vitry’s Disapproval of Secular Canonesses », The Other Sisters, ID : 10670/1.8lnbgg
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By Meghan Lescault In looking for clerical supporters of medieval non-cloistered religious women, the name of Jacques de Vitry (c. 1160–1240) may come to mind. Jacques, a regular canon, bishop, scholar, preacher, and author was a vocal promoter of the beguines, a role which may be seen in his sermons and his Vita of Marie d’Oignies. His enthusiasm for the non-cloistered, however, did not extend to all such women, and certainly not to the secular canonesses. Secular canonesses were women f...