| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 587 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 535-562) and index. |
| Contents |
1. Saints' Lives as a Source for the History of Women, ca. 500-1100 -- 2. The Making of the Mulier Sancta: Public and Private Roles -- 3. At What Cost Virginity? Sanctity and the Heroics of Virginity -- 4. Marriage and Domestic Proselytization -- 5. "Golden Wombs": Motherhood and Sanctity -- 6. Sorores Sanctae and Their Saintly Siblings: Terrestrial and Celestial Bonds -- 7. Gender Relationships and Circles of Friendship among the Mulieres Sanctae -- 8. Longevity, Death, and Sanctity: A Demographic Survey of the Celestial Gynaeceum. |
| Summary |
In this study of over 2,200 female and male saints, Jane Schulenburg explores women's status and experience in early medieval society and the Church. She focuses on the changing social contexts of female sanctity (women saints as embodiments of cultural models) as well as various kinds of extravagant, "transgressive," or "deviant" female behavior that frequently challenged male order and authority. She argues that between 500 and 1100 a clear gender-based asymmetry existed in the selection of saints, which became more exaggerated during certain eras. Schulenburg also examines some of the major contributing factors involved in establishing reputations of sanctity and the recruitment and promotion of saints, including family wealth and power, patronage, monasticism, virginity, motherhood, and longevity. |
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Invaluable for what they tell us about early medieval society and the Church, the Lives of these early saints also afford rare insight into the private world of medieval men and women, the special bonds of family and friendship, and the collective mentalities of the period. This book constitutes a major contribution to the study of medieval history, gender, and religion. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Women in Christianity -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600.
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Women in Christianity -- History -- Middle Ages, 600-1500.
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Sex -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
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Sex -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. |
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Celibacy -- Christianity.
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Celibacy -- Christianity. |
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Virginity -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
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Virginity -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. |
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Women saints.
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Women saints. |
| Chronological Term |
30-1500 |
| Genre/Form |
History.
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Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Celibacy. |
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Virginity. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Schulenburg, Jane Tibbetts. Forgetful of their sex. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1998 0226740536 (DLC) 97018646 (OCoLC)36776514 |
| ISBN |
9780226518992 (electronic book) |
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022651899X (electronic book) |
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0226740536 |
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9780226740539 |
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0226740544 |
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9780226740546 |
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