Aelred of Rievaulx, De Sanctimoniali de Wattun
摘要
De Sanctimoniali de Wattun (The Nun of Watton) was written by the Cistercian abbot, Aelred of Rievaulx (1110–1167), between the 1150s and 1160s. The text tells of a miracle that happened to a nun in a Gilbertine house in Watton, Yorkshire, who became pregnant by a lay brother. While the text reveals the scandal that occurred in the female religious community, it also transforms this incident into a hagiographic-type miracle account, using the themes of a nun enduring abusive tortures and a miraculous childbirth.