The Oldest Vocation : Christian Motherhood in the Medieval West / Clarissa W. Atkinson
1991, First Edition. Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #394452
ISBN: 0801420717
Physical description; 294 pages. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-262) and index. 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. Subjects; To 1500.
To 1492. Gender Studies. HISTORY / Medieval. Social history Medieval, 500-1500. Mothers Religious life Europe History. Motherhood Religious aspects Christianity. Mothers Europe History.
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