Gender and Christianity in Medieval Europe : New Perspectives.
Gender and Christianity in Medieval Europe seeks to explain the convergence of religion and gender in medieval Christendom. Essays in the volume examine how Europeans identified themselves as women, men, and Christians, and how these identities influenced religious belief and practice in everyday li...
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| Other Authors / Creators: | Lifshitz, Felice. Karras, Ruth Mazo. |
| Format: | eBook Electronic |
| Language: | English |
| Imprint: | Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2010. |
| Series: | The Middle Ages Ser.
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| Local Note: | Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2022. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries. |
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Table of 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