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The profession of widowhood : widows, pastoral care, and medieval models of holiness /

"The profession of widowhood explores how the idea of 'true' widowhood was central to pre-modern ideas concerning marriage and of female identity more generally. The medieval figure of the Christian vere vidua or 'good' widow evolved from and reinforced ancient social and re...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Walter, Katherine Clark (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : The Catholic University of America Press, [2018]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Creating the widow in the early church -- The widow and the cloister: early medieval hagiography -- The veil and the vow: professed widowhood in canon law and liturgical manuscripts -- Chaste widows and the penitential ethos in later medieval hagiography -- Managing the matron: widowhood in medieval sermon literature -- Reading widows: grief, memory, and the parody of chaste widowhood in medieval literature -- Like a picture before the eyes: transitions to the early modern world. 
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