Sex, Enclosure, and Scandal in Medieval Monasteries – Medievalists.net

To a modern reader the constraints of enclosure which were so strictly enforced in medieval monasteries may seem extreme. One could argue that some oblates found themselves subjected to a position they never desired, hence acted out against the rules of celibacy and enclosure

Source: Sex, Enclosure, and Scandal in Medieval Monasteries – Medievalists.net

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