Gender and Christianity in medieval Europe : new perspectives

The Resource Gender and Christianity in medieval Europe : new perspectives
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Gender and Christianity in medieval Europe : new perspectives
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new perspectives
Statement of responsibility
ed. by Lisa M. Bitel and Felice Lifshitz
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Language
eng
Summary
"In Gender and Christianity in Medieval Europe, six historians seek to explain the convergence of religion and gender in medieval Christendom. Collectively their essays explore how medieval people professed Christianity, how they performed gender, and how the two coincided." "Whereas previous scholarship has tended to focus exclusively either on masculinity or on aristocratic women, the authors define their topic to include the study of all genders. Likewise, their essays strive for a generous definition of religious history, which has too often been a history of its most visible participants and dominant discourses. Thus, Gender and Christianity in Medieval Europe steps back from received assumptions about religion, gender, and history by considering what the terms "woman," "man," and "religious" truly mean for historians, ultimately enhancing our understanding of the gendered implications of every pious thought and ritual gesture of medieval Christians."--Jacket
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DLC
Dewey number
274/.03082
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government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
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illustrations
Index
index present
LC call number
BT708
LC item number
.G45 2008
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
Series statement
Middle Ages series

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