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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Autor principal: Walter, Katherine Clark (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: Indiana University Bloomington (Institución que otorga título)
Tipo de documento: Print Libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
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Publicado: Washington, D.C. The Catholic University of America Press [2018]
En:Año: 2018
(Cadenas de) Palabra clave estándar:B Europa / Viuda / Piedad / Caridad / Santidad / Historia 200-1600
Otras palabras clave:B Widowhood (Europe) History To 1500
B Widows Religious life History To 1500
B Publicación universitaria
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Sumario: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
Notas:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:0813230195