The Oldest Vocation: Christian Motherhood in the Medieval West

Clarissa W. Atkinson

Published by Cornell University Press 1994

The Oldest Vocation

Christian Motherhood in the Medieval West

Clarissa W. Atkinson
Funded by: National Endowment for the Humanities Open Book Program

https://doi.org/10.7591/9781501740893

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About this book

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.

Author / Editor information

Clarissa W. Atkinson is Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Senior Lecturer in the History of Christianity at the Harvard University Divinity School. She also authored Mystic and Pilgrim: The Book and the World of Margery Kempe, also from Cornell.

Topics

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Abbreviations Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
1. Christian Motherhood: "Who Is My Mother?" Open Access Download PDF	1
2. Physiological Motherhood: The Wandering Womb Open Access Download PDF	23
3. Spiritual Motherhood: Extraordinary Women in the Early Middle Ages Open Access Download PDF	64
4. Theological Motherhood: The Virgin Mother of God Open Access Download PDF	101
5. "Mother of Love, Mother of Tears": Holiness and Families in the Later Middle Ages Open Access Download PDF	144
6. Motherhood Reformed: The Parson's Wife and Her Children Open Access Download PDF	194
7. The Construction of Motherhood Open Access Download PDF	236
Works Cited Open Access Download PDF	247
Index Open Access Download PDF	263

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Language: English
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Audience: General/trade;
Pages
- Main content: 294
Keywords: Medieval & Renaissance Studies; Gender Studies

eBook

Published: March 15, 2019
ISBN: 9781501740893