The Good Women of the Parish : Gender and Religion after the Black Death.
French, Katherine L.
The Good Women of the Parish : Gender and Religion after the Black Death. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (350 pages) - The Middle Ages Series . - The Middle Ages Series .
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Introduction -- 1 "My Wedding Gown to Make a Vestment": Housekeeping and Churchkeeping -- 2 Hatched, Matched, and Dispatched: Life Cycles and the Liturgy -- 3 "My Pew in the Middle Aisle": Women at Mass -- 4 Maidens' Lights and Wives' Stores: Women's Parish Groups -- 5 "To Save Them from Binding on Hock Tuesday": The Rise of a Women's Holiday -- 6 A Cross Out of Bread Crumbs: Women's Piety and Impiety -- Epilogue: Women and the Reformation -- Appendix A. All-Women's Groups -- Appendix B. Hocktide Celebrations -- List of Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Acknowledgments.
French argues that medieval laywomen both coped with the chaotic changes following the plague and justified their own changing behavior by participating in local religion. Through active engagement in the parish church, the basic unit of public worship, women promoted and validated their own interests and responsibilities.
9780812201963
Parishes-England-History-To 1500.
Parishes-England-History-16th century.
Women-Religious life-England-History-To 1500.
Women-Religious life-England-History-16th century.
Women in church work-England-History-To 1500.
Women in church work-England-History-16th century.
Women-England-Social conditions-16th century.
Women-England-History-Middle Ages, 500-1500.
Black Death-Social aspects-England.
Electronic books.
BR744 -- .F73 2008eb
254.082094209024
The Good Women of the Parish : Gender and Religion after the Black Death. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (350 pages) - The Middle Ages Series . - The Middle Ages Series .
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Introduction -- 1 "My Wedding Gown to Make a Vestment": Housekeeping and Churchkeeping -- 2 Hatched, Matched, and Dispatched: Life Cycles and the Liturgy -- 3 "My Pew in the Middle Aisle": Women at Mass -- 4 Maidens' Lights and Wives' Stores: Women's Parish Groups -- 5 "To Save Them from Binding on Hock Tuesday": The Rise of a Women's Holiday -- 6 A Cross Out of Bread Crumbs: Women's Piety and Impiety -- Epilogue: Women and the Reformation -- Appendix A. All-Women's Groups -- Appendix B. Hocktide Celebrations -- List of Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Acknowledgments.
French argues that medieval laywomen both coped with the chaotic changes following the plague and justified their own changing behavior by participating in local religion. Through active engagement in the parish church, the basic unit of public worship, women promoted and validated their own interests and responsibilities.
9780812201963
Parishes-England-History-To 1500.
Parishes-England-History-16th century.
Women-Religious life-England-History-To 1500.
Women-Religious life-England-History-16th century.
Women in church work-England-History-To 1500.
Women in church work-England-History-16th century.
Women-England-Social conditions-16th century.
Women-England-History-Middle Ages, 500-1500.
Black Death-Social aspects-England.
Electronic books.
BR744 -- .F73 2008eb
254.082094209024