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Gender and Christianity in Medieval Europe: New Perspectives

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Description for Gender and Christianity in Medieval Europe: New Perspectives Paperback. 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. Editor(s): Bitel, Lisa M.; Lifshitz, Felice. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 168 pages, 3 illus. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLC1; HRAX; HRCV4. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 262.

In Gender and Christianity in Medieval Europe, six historians explore how medieval people professed Christianity, how they performed gender, and how the two coincided. Many of the daily religious decisions people made were influenced by gender roles, the authors contend. Women's pious donations, for instance, were limited by laws of inheritance and marriage customs; male clerics' behavior depended upon their understanding of masculinity as much as on the demands of liturgy. The job of religious practitioner, whether as a nun, monk, priest, bishop, or some less formal participant, involved not only professing a set of religious ideals but also professing ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
Series
The Middle Ages Series
Number of Pages
168
Place of Publication
Pennsylvania, United States
ISBN
9780812220131
SKU
V9780812220131
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About Lisa M. Bitel
Lisa M. Bitel is Professor of History, Religion, and Gender Studies at the University of Southern California. She is author of Isle of the Saints: Monastic Settlement and Christian Community in Early Ireland. Felice Lifshitz is Professor of History and Fellow of the Honors College at Florida International University. Her books include The Name of the Saint: The Martyrology of ... Read more

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