Women of the streets : early Franciscan women and their mendicant vocation - Pryds, Darleen N. (St. Bonaventure, N.Y. : Franciscan Institute, 2010)
Women in the mendicant tradition -- Rose of Viterbo (d. 1251): a Franciscan street preacher -- Angela of Foligno (d. 1309): master of theologians -- Margaret of Cortona (d. 1297): the Poverella -- Sancia, queen of Naples (d. 1345): protector of the orders -- Women of the streets: the fearless faith of lay Franciscan women.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 80-84).
Keywords: Franciscans -- History -- Women; Monastic and religious life of women -- Italy -- History -- Middle Ages, 600-1500.; Catholic women -- Italy -- History -- Middle Ages, 600-1500.