The Other Sister discusses with André Vauchez regarding his most recent book

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Authors: Joseph George Akl
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Abstract

If The Other Sister can gather so many researchers interested in women religious who fall outside the traditional lay/religious binaries, it is thanks to the historians who laid the groundwork to allow this type of thinking. André Vauchez is surely one of these historians, whose great works on late medieval sainthood (1981), laity (1987), and spirituality (1993) remain influential to historians to this day. It is for this very reason that The Other Sister was both honoured and excited to hav...

Fields of Study & Subjects

Medieval Literature and History Early Modern Women Writers Catholicism and Religious Studies

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Journal / source
Hypotheses (OpenEdition)
Publication date
27 January 2026