Sally Brasher

Women of the Humiliati (eBook, ePUB)

A Moral Response to Medieval Civic Life

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines the contribution of women to the Humiliati movement, providing original archival evidence indicating that women dominated the group's membership. These findings have implications for both women's spirituality and women's work, correcting the received opinion that the patriarchal nature of Italian society and of the church limited the institutional options available to women. It also suggests that women found innovative ways to participate in the increasingly restrictive textile industry of the region. This work provides a glimpse at the novel ways in which women in medieval Italy were able to satisfy their spiritual and economic needs within the confines of a male-dominated church and society.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 164
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. November 2004
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135888244
• Artikelnr.: 47892492

Autorenporträt

Sally Brasher

Inhaltsangabe

List of Tables List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Abbreviations I.
INTRODUCTION AND HISTIOGRAPHY II. THE ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE OF THE
HUMILIATI III. GENDER COMPOSITION OF THE HUMILIATI IV. THE SOCIAL
COMPOSITION OF THE HUMILIATI V. THE HUMILIATI AS HUMBLE WEAVERS VI.
EVIDENCE OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITY AND CHARITY VII. CONCLUSION Notes
Bibliography Index