The Oldest Vocation : Christian Motherhood in the Medieval West /

"After tracing the roots of medieval ideologies of motherhood in early Christianity, the author reconstructs the physiological assumptions underlying medieval notions about women's bodies and reproduction. She then describes the development of "spiritual motherhood" both as a con...

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Main Author: Atkinson, Clarissa W.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1991.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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