Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 5482
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): French , Katherine L.
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  • Title: I Leave My Best Gown as a Vestment: Women's Spiritual Interests in the Late Medieval English Parish [The author points out that women often were at pains to suggest how their houshold goods could be adapted to ecclesiastical usage; in this way they were able to express their pious concerns despite social, economic, and legal limitations].
  • Source: Magistra 4, 1 (Summer 1998): Pages 57 - 77.
  • Description:
  • Article Type: Journal Article
  • Subject (See Also): Gender Gifts Lay Piety Parishes Wills Women in Religion
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  • Geographic Area: British Isles
  • Century: 15- 16
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  • Author's Affiliation: State University of New York, New Paltz
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  • Year of Publication: 1998.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 10797572