Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 12565
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Barone , Giulia.
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  • Title: Society and Women's Religiosity, 750-1450 [The author surveys women's religious activities in this historical period, briefly discussing topics including the Gregorian reform, heresy, the Virgin Mary, the mendicant orders, saints, mystics, family life, and sanctity and politics].
  • Source: Women and Faith: Catholic Religious Life in Italy from Late Antiquity to the Present.  Edited by Lucetta Scaraffia and Gabriella Zarri.  Harvard University Press, 1999.  Pages 42 - 71.
  • Description:
  • Article Type: Essay
  • Subject (See Also): Hagiography Lay Piety Mendicant Orders Monasticism Mystics Women in Religion
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  • Geographic Area: Italy
  • Century: 8- 9- 10- 11- 12- 13- 14- 15
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  • Year of Publication: 1999.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 0674954785