The Oldest Vocation : Christian Motherhood in the Medieval West /

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"After tracing the roots of medieval ideologies of motherhood in early Christianity, the author reconstructs the physiological assumptions underlying medieval notions about women's bodies and reproduction. She then describes the development of "spiritual motherhood" both as a con...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Atkinson, Clarissa W.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1991.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Motherhood > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Mothers > Europe > History.
Moederschap.
Social history > Medieval.
Social conditions
Mothers > Religious life.
Mothers.
Histoire sociale > 500-1500 (Moyen Âge)
Meres > Europe > Vie religieuse.
Maternite > Aspect religieux > Christianisme.
Meres > Europe > Histoire.
Christianity > history
Mothers > history
Mothers > Religious life > Europe.
Social history > Medieval, 500-1500.
Mothers > Religious life > Europe > History.
Europe > Social conditions > To 1492.
Europe.
Europe > Conditions sociales > Jusqu'à 1492.
Europe > Social conditions > To 1492
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Christian motherhood: "Who is my mother"?
  • Physiological motherhood: The wandering womb
  • Spiritual motherhood: Extraordinary women in the early Middle Ages
  • Theological motherhood: The Virgin Mother of God
  • "Mother of love, mother of tears": Holiness and families in the later Middle Ages
  • Motherhood reformed: The parson's wife and her children
  • The construction of motherhood.

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