The Oldest Vocation : Christian Motherhood in the Medieval West /
Atkinson, Clarissa W.
The Oldest Vocation : Christian Motherhood in the Medieval West / Clarissa W. Atkinson. - 1 online resource (294 pages). - Book collections on Project MUSE. .
Christian motherhood: "Who is my mother"? -- Physiological motherhood: The wandering womb -- Spiritual motherhood: Extraordinary women in the early Middle Ages -- Theological motherhood: The Virgin Mother of God -- "Mother of love, mother of tears": Holiness and families in the later Middle Ages -- Motherhood reformed: The parson's wife and her children -- The construction of motherhood.
Open Access
"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.
9781501740909
Motherhood--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Mothers--History.--Europe
Moederschap.
Social history--Medieval.
Social conditions
Mothers--Religious life.
Mothers.
Motherhood--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Histoire sociale--500-1500 (Moyen Âge)
Meres--Vie religieuse.--Europe
Maternite--Aspect religieux--Christianisme.
Meres--Histoire.--Europe
Christianity--history
Mothers--history
Mothers--Religious life--Europe.
Social history--Medieval, 500-1500.
Mothers--Religious life--History.--Europe
Motherhood--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Mothers--History.--Europe
Europe--Social conditions--To 1492.
Europe.
Europe--Conditions sociales--Jusqu'à 1492.
Europe--Social conditions--To 1492
Europe--Social conditions--To 1492.
History.
Electronic books.
The Oldest Vocation : Christian Motherhood in the Medieval West / Clarissa W. Atkinson. - 1 online resource (294 pages). - Book collections on Project MUSE. .
Christian motherhood: "Who is my mother"? -- Physiological motherhood: The wandering womb -- Spiritual motherhood: Extraordinary women in the early Middle Ages -- Theological motherhood: The Virgin Mother of God -- "Mother of love, mother of tears": Holiness and families in the later Middle Ages -- Motherhood reformed: The parson's wife and her children -- The construction of motherhood.
Open Access
"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.
9781501740909
Motherhood--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Mothers--History.--Europe
Moederschap.
Social history--Medieval.
Social conditions
Mothers--Religious life.
Mothers.
Motherhood--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Histoire sociale--500-1500 (Moyen Âge)
Meres--Vie religieuse.--Europe
Maternite--Aspect religieux--Christianisme.
Meres--Histoire.--Europe
Christianity--history
Mothers--history
Mothers--Religious life--Europe.
Social history--Medieval, 500-1500.
Mothers--Religious life--History.--Europe
Motherhood--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Mothers--History.--Europe
Europe--Social conditions--To 1492.
Europe.
Europe--Conditions sociales--Jusqu'à 1492.
Europe--Social conditions--To 1492
Europe--Social conditions--To 1492.
History.
Electronic books.