Gender and Christianity in Medieval Europe : New Perspectives.
Bitel, Lisa M.
Gender and Christianity in Medieval Europe : New Perspectives. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (168 pages) - The Middle Ages Series . - The Middle Ages Series .
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 -- Acknowledgments.
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 life.
9780812204490
Sex role-Religious aspects-Christianity.
Europe-Church history.
Electronic books.
BT708 -- .G46 2008eb
274/.03082
Gender and Christianity in Medieval Europe : New Perspectives. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (168 pages) - The Middle Ages Series . - The Middle Ages Series .
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 -- Acknowledgments.
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 life.
9780812204490
Sex role-Religious aspects-Christianity.
Europe-Church history.
Electronic books.
BT708 -- .G46 2008eb
274/.03082