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The pastoral care of women in late medieval England /
The question of how priests were taught to think about and care for female parishioners is the topic of this book. As neither misogynist villains nor saintly heroes, clerical authors of pastoral vernacular literature persisted both in their characterization of women as difficult parishioners and in...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
Woodbridge, UK ; Rochester, NY :
Boydell Press,
2008.
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| Colección: | Gender in the Middle Ages ;
v. 3. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The question of how priests were taught to think about and care for female parishioners is the topic of this book. As neither misogynist villains nor saintly heroes, clerical authors of pastoral vernacular literature persisted both in their characterization of women as difficult parishioners and in their attempts to recognize women as ordinary parishioners who deserved ordinary pastoral care. Focusing on the important vernacular writings of John Mirk, his 'Festial' and 'Instructions for Parish Priests', the author reveals how even a small number of influential sermon compilations, exempla, and pastoral guides could have significantly shaped the perceptions, attitudes, and - perhaps - actions of fourteenth- and fifteenth-century priests. Shedding light on the mental universe of the late medieval parish, this study offers important new insights into the reality of how priests perceived and fulfilled their spiritual obligations to the women they served. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 171 pages). |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-162) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781846156663 1846156661 1282620738 9781282620735 |
| ISSN: | 1475-2468 ; |