Megan McLaughlin

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

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Examines the debates over ecclesiastical reform in western Europe during the high middle ages from a new perspective.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. April 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 573g
• ISBN-13: 9780521870054
• ISBN-10: 0521870054
• Artikelnr.: 28524070

Autorenporträt

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).

Inhaltsangabe

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.