Walter Simons is Associate Professor of History at Dartmouth College.
Destined to become the standard work in beguine history. --Renaissance Quarterly A tour de force. --David Nicholas, Clemson University A vivid, valuable portrait. --History Walter Simons has written a thorough, scholarly study, long on careful research, to the point on analysis, and without theoretical trappings. Cities of Ladies is a most welcome contribution to the study of medieval religious life and women's place in the life of the Low Countries. --Speculum Indispensable for students of medieval religion and women's history. --Journal of Religion The definitive study... A learned, lively, and highly readable book, now the essential introduction to the subject. --Choice