Gender and Christianity in Medieval Europe : New Perspectives /

In Gender and Christianity in Medieval Europe, six historians explore how medieval people professed Christianity, how they performed gender, and how the two coincided. Many of the daily religious decisions people made were influenced by gender roles, the authors contend. Women's pious donations...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Lifshitz, Felice, 1959- (Editor), Bitel, Lisa M., 1958- (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2008.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Sex role > Religious aspects > Christianity.
HISTORY > Medieval.
Rôle selon le sexe > Aspect religieux > Christianisme.
Europe.
Europe > Histoire religieuse.
Europe > Church history.
Church history
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction: Convent Ruins and Christian Profession: Toward a Methodology for the History of Religion and Gender; 1. Tertullian, the Angelic Life, and the Bride of Christ; 2. One Flesh, Two Sexes, Three Genders?; 3. Thomas Aquinas's Chastity Belt: Clerical Masculinity in Medieval Europe; 4. Women's Monasteries and Sacred Space: The Promotion of Saints' Cults and Miracles; 5. Priestly Women, Virginal Men: Litanies and Their Discontents; Notes; Bibliography; List of Contributors; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W.

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