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The Oldest Vocation : Christian Motherhood in the Medieval West /

From the myth of Joan to the experiences of saints, nuns, and ordinary women, The Oldest Vocation brings to life both the richness and the troubling contradictions of Christian motherhood in medieval Europe.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Atkinson, Clarissa W. (Author)
Corporate Author: JSTOR (Organization)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2019]
Subjects:
Motherhood > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Mothers > Religious life > Europe > History.
Europe > Social conditions > To 1492.
HISTORY > Medieval.
Mothers > Religious life.
Social conditions.
Europe.
To 1492
Electronic books.
History.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Abbreviations
  • 1. Christian Motherhood: "Who Is My Mother?"
  • 2. Physiological Motherhood: The Wandering Womb
  • 3. Spiritual Motherhood: Extraordinary Women in the Early Middle Ages
  • 4. Theological Motherhood: The Virgin Mother of God
  • 5. "Mother of Love, Mother of Tears": Holiness and Families in the Later Middle Ages
  • 6. Motherhood Reformed: The Parson's Wife and Her Children
  • 7. The Construction of Motherhood
  • Works Cited
  • Index