The profession of widowhood: widows, pastoral care & medieval models of holiness
Creating the widow in the early church -- The widow and the cloister: early medieval hagiography -- The veil and the vow: professed widowhood in canon law and liturgical manuscripts -- Chaste widows and the penitential ethos in later medieval hagiography -- Managing the matron: widowhood in medieval...
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Format: | Print Book |
Language: | English |
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Washington, D.C.
The Catholic University of America Press
[2018]
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In: | Year: 2018 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Europe
/ Widow
/ Piety
/ Charitable works
/ Holiness
/ History 200-1600
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Further subjects: | B
Widowhood (Europe)
History To 1500
B Widows Religious life History To 1500 B Thesis |
Summary: | Creating the widow in the early church -- The widow and the cloister: early medieval hagiography -- The veil and the vow: professed widowhood in canon law and liturgical manuscripts -- Chaste widows and the penitential ethos in later medieval hagiography -- Managing the matron: widowhood in medieval sermon literature -- Reading widows: grief, memory, and the parody of chaste widowhood in medieval literature -- Like a picture before the eyes: transitions to the early modern world |
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Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
ISBN: | 0813230195 |