The oldest vocation : Christian motherhood in the Middle Ages / Clarissa W. Atkinson.
"After tracing the roots of medieval ideologies of motherhood in early Christianity, the author reconstructs the physiological assumptions underlying medieval notions about women's bodies and reproduction. She then describes the development of "spiritual motherhood" both as a con...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Ithaca :
Cornell University Press,
1991.
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| Online Access: | JSTOR Open Access Available from ACLS Humanities |
| Summary: | "After tracing the roots of medieval ideologies of motherhood in early Christianity, the author reconstructs the physiological assumptions underlying medieval notions about women's bodies and reproduction. She then describes the development of "spiritual motherhood" both as a concept emerging out of monastic ideologies in the early Middle Ages and as a reality in the lives of certain remarkable women" - Book jacket. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 274 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 150174089X 9781501740893 1501740881 9781501740886 |