The Oldest Vocation : Christian Motherhood in the Medieval West

The Oldest Vocation : Christian Motherhood in the Medieval West / Clarissa W. Atkinson.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Atkinson, Clarissa W.
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1991.
Subjects:	To 1500 Social history > Medieval, 500-1500. Mothers > Religious life > Europe > History. Motherhood > Religious aspects > Christianity. Mothers > Europe > History. Mothers > Religious life > Europe. HISTORY / Medieval. Motherhood > Religious aspects > Christianity Mothers Mothers > Religious life Social conditions Social history > Medieval Europe > Social conditions > To 1492. Europe History
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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