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You're right that most monastic orders are either for women or for men exclusively, but there were some monasteries in Britain that were for both genders in one
by prometheus76 5y ago
You're right that most monastic orders are either for women or for men exclusively, but there were some monasteries in Britain that were for both genders in one community, and were led by female abesses, which was unusual. I'm not near my home library, so I can't get you a reference, but it definitely existed, but was definitely out of the ordinary.