Sex, Gender, and Episcopal Authority in an Age of Reform, 1000-1122

Informationen zum Autor Megan McLaughlin is Associate Professor of History, with additional appointments in the Departments of Gender and Women's Studies, and Religion, at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Her research interests focus particularly on two areas of medieval European history: the intersection between religion and social/economic/culture structures; and the history of women and gender in medieval Europe. Her previous publications include Consorting with Saints: Prayer for the Dead in Early Medieval France (1994). Klappentext Examines the debates over ecclesiastical reform in western Europe during the high middle ages from a new perspective. Zusammenfassung Examining the debates over ecclesiastical reform in western Europe from a new perspective! this book explores the ways in which contemporary political writers conveyed messages about 'public' life through images of the 'private' life of the Church! arguing that the images were shaped by contemporary ideas about sexuality and gender. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. The reform of marriage; 2. The Bride of Christ; 3. The ambiguities of motherhood; 4. The Mother of the Faithful; 5. Fathers and sons; 6. Fathers in the spirit; Conclusion: the stumbling block.

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• Authors: Megan McLaughlin, Megan (Associate Professor of History Mclaughlin, McLaughlin Megan
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.04.2010
• EAN: 9780521870054
• ISBN: 978-0-521-87005-4
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Miscellaneous; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; European History, HISTORY / Social History, RELIGION / Christianity / History, RELIGION / Christianity / General, HISTORY / Europe / Western, Christianity, CE period up to c 1500, History of Religion, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Social and cultural history, Western Europe, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, European history: medieval period, middle ages, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval