Creating Cistercian Nuns: The Women's Religious Movement and Its Reform in Thirteenth-Century Champagne

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q Creating CisterCian nuns Creating CisterCian nuns The Women’s Religious movemenT and iTs RefoRm in ThiRTeenThCenTuRy Champagne Anne E. Lester Cornell university Press Ithaca and London n Copyright © 2011 by Cornell university all rights reserved. except for brief quotations in a review, this book, or parts thereof, must not be reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the publisher . For information, address Cornell university Press, sage House, 512 east state street, ithaca, new york 14850. First published 2011 by Cornell university Press Printed in the united states of america Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data lester, anne elisabeth, 1974– Creating Cistercian nuns : the women’s religious movement and its reform in thirteenth-century Champagne / anne e. lester. p. cm. includes bibliographical references and index. isBn 978-0-8014-4989-5 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Cistercian nuns—France—Champagne-ardenne— History—to 1500. 2. Monastic and religious life of women—France—Champagne-ardenne—History—to 1500. 3. Champagne-ardenne (France)—religious life and customs. i. title. BX4328.Z5F75 2011 271'.97—dc23 2011022953 Cornell university Press strives to use environmentally responsible suppliers and materials to the fullest extent possible in the publishing of its books. such materials include vegetable-based, low-voC inks and acid-free papers that are recycled, totally chlorine-free, or partly composed of nonwood fibers. For further information, visit our website at www.cornellpress.cornell.edu. Cloth printing 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 In memory of my grandparents Maurine Powell Lester and Thomas William Lester storytellers in their own right the inferno of the living is not something that will be; if there is one, it is what is already here, the inferno where we live every day, that we form by being together. there are two ways to escape suffering it. the first is easy for many: accept the inferno and become such a part of it that you can no longer see it. the second is risky and demands constant vigilance and apprehension: seek and learn to recognize who and what, in the midst of the inferno, are not inferno, then make them endure, give them space. —italo Calvino, Invisible Cities the order was founded for anyone, lettered or unlettered, who needed a city of refuge. —The Chronicle ofVillers ...