Women of God and arms : female spirituality and political conflict, 1380-1600 - Warren, Nancy Bradley (Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2005)
Monastic politics -- Strategic saints and diplomatic devotions -- The sword and the cloister -- Religion and female rule -- The mystic, the monarch, and the persistence of "the medieval" -- Dissolution, diaspora, and defining Englishness -- Conclusion: The power of the past.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-249) and index.
Keywords: Christian women -- Religious life -- Europe -- History -- To 1500.; Christian women -- Political activity -- Europe -- History -- To 1500.; Christian women -- Religious life -- Europe -- History -- 16th century; Christian women -- Political activity -- Europe -- History -- 16th century; Europe -- Church history -- 600-1500.; Europe -- Church history -- 16th century