Download or read book Received Medievalisms written by C. Cyrus and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 2013-06-13 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study examines the post-medieval reception of Vienna's women's monastic institutions. Through analysis of the physical and historical place such women's institutions held in an important urban and political center, this book provides a new picture of the ways in which the medieval shapes later understandings of women's role and agency.