Good Women

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Good Women were female adherents of the medieval Christian dualist movement Catharism, known for their ascetic lifestyle and spiritual authority within the sect.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Good Women canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf female religious adherent ⓘ
religious role ⓘ
alsoKnownAs bonnes femmes ⓘ
linked to: Les Bonnes Femmes

perfect women ⓘ
associatedWith Good Men ⓘ
consequence near extinction by 14th century ⓘ
countryOfActivity County of Toulouse ⓘ
Kingdom of France ⓘ
Languedoc ⓘ
Northern Italy ⓘ
doctrine belief in two opposing principles of good and evil ⓘ
dualism ⓘ
rejection of Catholic sacraments ⓘ
rejection of material world as evil ⓘ
equivalentClass Perfectae ⓘ
ethicalCode poverty ⓘ
strict nonviolence ⓘ
truthfulness ⓘ
function administering consolamentum to others ⓘ
leading prayers and fasts ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
historicalEvent Albigensian Crusade ⓘ
influenceOn later perceptions of female religious authority in heretical movements ⓘ
languageOfName Occitan ⓘ
Old French ⓘ
partOf Cathar communities ⓘ
persecutedBy Medieval Inquisition ⓘ
linked to: Inquisition

Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
practiced abstinence from meat ⓘ
ascetic lifestyle ⓘ
celibacy ⓘ
itinerant preaching ⓘ
renunciation of property ⓘ
receivedRite consolamentum ⓘ
religion Christian dualism ⓘ
medieval Christianity ⓘ
religiousStatus consecrated persons ⓘ
elite within Cathar hierarchy ⓘ
religiousTradition Catharism ⓘ
roleInCommunity models of perfect life ⓘ
pastoral care for believers ⓘ
spiritual authority ⓘ
teachers of doctrine ⓘ
sourceType known mainly from inquisitorial records ⓘ
timePeriod 12th century ⓘ
13th century ⓘ
early 14th century ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Catharism → followersCalled → Good Women ⓘ