Atkinson, Clarissa W. <br/><br/>
The Oldest Vocation :   Christian Motherhood in the Medieval West /  
Clarissa W. Atkinson. 
 - 1 online resource (294 pages). 
 - Book collections on Project MUSE. .
<br/><br/>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. 
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<br/><br/> "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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781501740909 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Motherhood--Religious aspects--Christianity.<br/>Mothers--History.--Europe<br/>Moederschap.<br/>Social history--Medieval.<br/>Social conditions<br/>Mothers--Religious life.<br/>Mothers.<br/>Motherhood--Religious aspects--Christianity.<br/>Histoire sociale--500-1500 (Moyen Âge)<br/>Meres--Vie religieuse.--Europe<br/>Maternite--Aspect religieux--Christianisme.<br/>Meres--Histoire.--Europe<br/>Christianity--history<br/>Mothers--history<br/>Mothers--Religious life--Europe.<br/>Social history--Medieval, 500-1500.<br/>Mothers--Religious life--History.--Europe<br/>Motherhood--Religious aspects--Christianity.<br/>Mothers--History.--Europe
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Europe--Social conditions--To 1492.<br/>Europe.<br/>Europe--Conditions sociales--Jusqu'à 1492.<br/>Europe--Social conditions--To 1492<br/>Europe--Social conditions--To 1492.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>History.<br/>Electronic books.