ORPP logo
Image from Google Jackets

Gender and Christianity in Medieval Europe : New Perspectives.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: The Middle Ages SeriesPublisher: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2010Copyright date: ©2008Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (168 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780812204490
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Gender and Christianity in Medieval EuropeDDC classification:
  • 274/.03082
LOC classification:
  • BT708 -- .G46 2008eb
Online resources:
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 -- Acknowledgments.
Summary: 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.
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
Star ratings
    Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)
No physical items for this record

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.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.

© 2024 Resource Centre. All rights reserved.