Women and Preaching in Premodern Europe: Part Two, The Thirteenth to Sixteenth Centuries
Moving from Women and Preaching in Premodern Europe: Part One The Early Middle Ages to the Twelfth Century, this article extends the study of women’s preaching into the thirteenth to sixteenth centuries, a period marked by both heightened restriction and creative adaptation. While scholastic authori...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2025
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| In: |
Medieval sermon studies
Year: 2025, Volume: 69, Issue: 1, Pages: 55-82 |
| Further subjects: | B
women preachers
B female educators B medieval sermon studies B Catherine of Siena B premodern female preaching |
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| Summary: | Moving from Women and Preaching in Premodern Europe: Part One The Early Middle Ages to the Twelfth Century, this article extends the study of women’s preaching into the thirteenth to sixteenth centuries, a period marked by both heightened restriction and creative adaptation. While scholastic authorities such as Thomas Aquinas and Henry of Ghent articulated negative theological arguments against women as public teachers, counter arguments and lived practice reveal a more complex reality. The figure of Mary Magdalene provided a scriptural and imaginative model for female preaching. Case studies of Angela of Foligno, Catherine of Siena, Ursula Haider, and others illustrate how women engaged in visionary, exegetical, and performative preaching across Europe. |
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| ISSN: | 1749-6276 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Medieval sermon studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/13660691.2025.2586404 |
