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The Oldest Vocation : Christian Motherhood in the Medieval West /

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"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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Auteur principal: Atkinson, Clarissa W.
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:anglais
Publié: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1991.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Motherhood > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Mothers > Europe > History.
Moederschap.
Social history > Medieval.
Social conditions
Mothers > Religious life.
Mothers.
Histoire sociale > 500-1500 (Moyen Âge)
Meres > Europe > Vie religieuse.
Maternite > Aspect religieux > Christianisme.
Meres > Europe > Histoire.
Christianity > history
Mothers > history
Mothers > Religious life > Europe.
Social history > Medieval, 500-1500.
Mothers > Religious life > Europe > History.
Europe > Social conditions > To 1492.
Europe.
Europe > Conditions sociales > Jusqu'à 1492.
Europe > Social conditions > To 1492
History.
Electronic books.
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Résumé:"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 concept emerging out of monastic ideologies in the early Middle Ages and as a reality in the lives of certain remarkable women" - Book jacket.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (294 pages).
ISBN:9781501740909
Accès:Open Access

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