Fontevraud, order of,193-194,205Fortunatus, his connection with nuns,58-64Framehild, St,76Francis, St, of Assisi,285,291,296,301,364Franciscan friars and nuns,291,295,302,309,364,422Frankenberg, convent at,418French, use of, in convents,357ff.Frideswith, St, of Oxford,110Frigith, nun at Hackness,93Fuller, on nunneries,457Gandersheim, convent at,148,151,152,154ff.Gehulff,35,seeOntkommerGeiler, as a reformer of convents,428Geisenfeld, convent at,460Geneviève, St, of Paris,26,43,51Genovefa,26Georg, St, convent of, at Halle,seeHalleGerald Barri, on monasticism,199Gerberg I, abbess at Gandersheim,159Gerberg II, abbess at Gandersheim,151,153,160,162,163,166,167,182Germana, St,25,29Gertrud, St, nun at Helfta,329,346ff.Gertrud, St, of Nivelles,7,23Gertrud,26Gertrud, abbess at Helfta,329Gertrud, abbess at Trebnitz,293,295,296Gertrud von Büchel, nun at Rolandswerth,429Gilbert of Sempringham, St, order of,186,213-221Gisela,147Gisela, queen of Hungary,233Gisleberga, St,43Godam Hampton, nun at Barking,366Godeleva, St, or Godeleina,24,25,29,30Godstow, convent at,204footnote,206,357,360,400,447,453Göss, convent at,235Gracedieu, convent at,449Grandmont, order of,186,199Gredanna von Freyberg, abbess at Urspring,421Gregory of Tours, his connection with nuns,51ff.Gudila, St,23Gunthild, St,7,27,35,139footnoteGuthlac, his connection with nuns,108-110,225Gutta, scribe,237Hackness, convent at,93,94,106Hadewy, abbess at Herford,147‘Hali Meidenhad,’326-328Halle, convent of St Georg at,418Hanbury, convent at,100Harwold, convent at,446Hartlepool, convent at,88,89,90,94Hathumod, abbess at Gandersheim,149,154-159Heaburg, called Bugga, nun,128,131Hedwig, St, of Silesia,291ff.,298,299Hedwig, abbess at Neuss,152footnoteHedwig, duchess of Swabia,162,233Heggbach, convent at,421Heiningen, convent at,236,418,419Heiu, abbess at Hartlepool,88,89Helen, St,114Helen, St, convent of, in London,seeLondonHelena von Iltzen, prioress at Marienberg,418Helena Meichnerin, abbess at Nürnberg,463Helfta, convent at,328ff.Hereswith, St,78,82,96,97Hereswytha, abbess at Sheppey,87Herford, convent at,147,148,149,155Heriburg, abbess at Watton,91Herlind, St, abbess at Maaseyck,230-232Hersende, abbess at Fontevraud,194Heyninges, convent of St Mary at,449Hidburg, nun at Barking,113Hilarius, verses on recluses,211Hild, St, of Whitby,82,89ff.,96Hildegard, St, of Bingen,256ff.,429Hildelith, St, abbess at Barking,112,113,121Hildemarque,77Hilp,11,35,seeOntkommer‘Hodoeporicon’ by anonymous nun,139ff.Hohenburg, convent at,22,24,238ff.‘Hortus Deliciarum,’ by Herrad,238ff.Hrotsvith, abbess at Gandersheim,160Hrotsvith, nun at Gandersheim,143,153,154-183,429Ida, St, ancestress of Liudolfings,23footnoteIda, abbess at St Maria (on the Münzenberg?),152footnoteIda, ancestress of Karlings,23Ida, nun at Bronope,419Ida, nun at Gandersheim,151,152footnoteIdonea, nun,212Iduberga,43Idung, on nuns,198infirmaria,378Ingetrud, abbess at Tours,51,58,69,70Inthware or Iuthware,30Irmina, St,40Isabel Jordan, abbess at Wilton,438Isengard von Greiffenklau,421Itta,43Jane Gowryng,443Jane Messyndyne,447Joan Ashcomb, nun at Shaftesbury,366Joan Chapell, prioress at Sopwell,410Joan Darrell, abbess at Amesbury,454Joan Formage, abbess at Shaftesbury,366Joan Lancaster, prioress at Cambridge,367,368Joan Sandford, prioress at Heyninges,449Joan Rawlins, prioress at Bromhall,436Johan or Jane Arundell, abbess at Legh,368Johanna de Northampton, prioress at Catesby,368John of Salisbury, on monks and nuns,200,201Jouarre, convent at,76Joyce Bykeley, prioress at Catesby,448Juliana, St, legend of,326,327Juliana, prioress at Bromhall,369Juliana Baucyn, abbess at Shaftesbury,365Justina, nun at Barking,113Juthware,seeInthwareJutta, St,338Jutta, ‘magistra,’ at Disibodenberg,262Katharina Pirckheimer, prioress at Geisenfeld,460Katharine, St, life of, by Clemence of Barking,357Katherine Babington, nun at Campsey,360Katherine Bulkeley, abbess at Godstow,453Katherine Sayntlow, nun at Cambridge,367Katheryne Wyngate, nun at Elstow,377Kilburn, convent at,206,360,376Kirkless, convent at,452,453kitchener or cook, office of,216,375Kizzingen, convent at,138,273,292,293,303Kleinfrankenthal, convent at,420Krischmerge,41Kümmerniss,seeOntkommerKunigund, St, empress,232Kunigundis, St,40‘Land of Cockayne,’411Langendorf, convent at,415Langland, on nuns,406Laon, convent at,77Las Huelgas, convent at,191Laycock, convent at,441,448leader of the choir or precentrix, succentrix, cantarista,216,368,378,391‘Legatus Divinae Pietatis,’ by St Gertrud,348ff.Legbourne, convent at,446Legh, convent of, or Canonlegh or Minchenlegh,358,368legister or reader, office of,391Leobgith,seeLiobaLeominster, convent at,202Leonard, St, convent of,seeStratfordLeubover, abbess at Poitiers,65ff.,226Leukardis, scribe,237Liberata, St, or Liberatrix,35,37,seeOntkommerLillechurch, convent at,212,436Liming, convent at,84,87Lindesay on convent life,456Linthildis,seeLufthildisLioba, St,117,134ff.Littlemore, convent at,437Little Marlow, convent at,442Liutberg, recluse,147Livrade,35,seeOntkommerLiwid, embroideress,226London, convent of Poor Clares, or Minories,364London, convent of St Helen in,378Lucia, abbess at Shaftesbury,366Lucie, St, of Sampigny,25Lufthildis, St,25,26,42Lul, his correspondence with nuns,134,137,138Lüne, convent at,236‘Luve Ron,’310Maaseyck, convent at,231-232magistra noviciarum,seemistress of the novicesMallersdorf, convent at,237Malling, convent at,204footnote,363,380,443footnoteMargaret, St, legend of,326Margaret, St, queen of Scotland,207-208,289Margaret Punder, prioress at Flixton,369Margaret Tewkesbury, abbess at Delapray,447Margaret Vernon, prioress at Little Marlow,443Maria, St, convent of, at Cöln etc.,seeCölnetc.Mariahilf,11,35Mariasif,11Marienberg, convent at, in Saxony,418-419Marienberg, convent at, near Trier,421Marienborn, convent at,420Mariensee, convent at,417Marricks, convent of St Andrew,449,456Mary, St, the Virgin,9,10,11Mary and Martha, as types of activity,305,314,324,325Mary, St, convent of, at Chester etc.,seeChesteretc.Mary, daughter of St Margaret,207,209Mary of Blois, abbess at Romsey,201,212Mathea Fabyan, nun at Barking,377Mathilde, abbess at Essen,151,232Mathilde, abbess at Kizzingen,292,303Mathilde, abbess at Quedlinburg,149,151,153,232Mathilde, abbess at Villich,152footnoteMatilda, abbess at Amesbury,201Matilda, abbess at Winchester,210Matilda, queen,207ff.,289ff.,298Matilda Sudbury, nun at Cambridge,367Maxima, abbess,113Mechthild,7Mechthild, beguine,305,329,330,331-340Mechthild, nun at Helfta,329,330,340-346Mechthild von Wippra, nun,329Mechtund, St,40Mergate, convent at,227Mildburg, St, of Wenlock,85,121Mildgith, St,85Mildthrith, St, of Thanet,85-86Minories,seeLondon, convent of Poor ClaresMinstre in Thanet,seeThanetmistress of the novices, magistra noviciarum,217,378Modwen, St,111and footnote,446footnoteMontreuil-les-Dames, convent at,191Münich, convent of St Clara at,460Münzenberg, convent of St Maria on the,152footnotemynchyn, use of word,364footnote,368,454Neuss, convent at,152footnoteNeuwerk, convent at Erfurt,418Nider, on nuns,459Niedermünster, convent,241Nigel Wirecker on monks and nuns,200Nivelles, convent at,152footnoteNorbert, St, order of,seePrémontréNotburg, St,34Notburg, St, or Nuppurg,26Notburg,24Nunappleton, convent at,452,453Nun-Cotham, convent at,207footnoteNun-Kelyng, convent at,453Nun-Monkton, convent at,357Nunnaminster,seeWinchester, convent of St Mary atOdilia, St,22,24,240,251Ontkommer or Wilgefortis, St,35-38,43‘opus anglicum,’228‘Order of Fair Ease,’ on religious orders,201Osburg,111and footnoteOsburg, nun at Barking,113Osgith,113footnoteOsith, St,110Oswen, St, or Osman,30Oxenfurt, convent at,138Paris, convent at,51,76Paula, St, of Avila,36footnotePavilly, convent at,76Pega, St,109,110Pellmerge,41Peter of Blois, corresponding with nuns,213Petronille, abbess at Fontevraud,194Pfälzel or Palatiolum, convent at,124Pharaildis, St,21,22,23,27footnote,30,34Pietrussa, abbess at Trebnitz,293,295Pillenreuth, convent at,471Poitiers, convent at,51ff.Polesworth, convent at,447Pollesloe, convent at,448portress, office of,217Prague, convent of St Clara at,296precentrix,seeleader of the choirPrée, convent of St Mary,366,408,410Prémontré, order of,186,193-194prioress, position and office of,204,216,370ff.profession and consecration of nuns,379-380Pusinna, St,147Quedlinburg, convent,146,147,148,149,150,151,152,153,232,233Radegund, St, of Poitiers,45,51-65,225Radegund, St, or Radiane,27,29,34,35Radegund, St, convent of,seeCambridge, convent of St RadegundRamsen, convent at,420Redlingfield, convent at,363,377,378refectuaria, office of,378Regenfled,35,seeOntkommerRegenfrith,35,seeOntkommerRegina, St,29Reinild, St, abbess at Maaseyck,230-232Reinildis, St,23Relind, abbess at Hohenburg,