This text looks at female monastic life in the context of English society in early Tudor England. The book covers many translations of the Benedictine Rule for Women 1517, but focuses on Richard Fox's translation. It also looks at the changing definitions of monastic life for women.
'The introductory essay provides a vivid account of some of the last abbesses and prioresses drawn mainly from episcopal and archiepiscopal visitation records.' Journal of Ecclesiastical History 'Collett's affection for Fox and his translation make this book a valuable contribution to the study of early modern English nuns.' The Catholic Historical Review