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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Main Author: Walter, Katherine Clark (Author)
Corporate Author: Indiana University Bloomington (Degree granting institution)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Washington, D.C. The Catholic University of America Press [2018]
In:Year: 2018
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Europe / Widow / Piety / Charitable works / Holiness / History 200-1600
Further subjects:B Widowhood (Europe) History To 1500
B Widows Religious life History To 1500
B Thesis
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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
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:0813230195