Lived Religion and Gender in Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe

ISBN-13: 9781138544581 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 154 str.

Raisa Maria Toivo; Sari Katajala-Peltomaa

Opis

This study is an exploration of lived religion and gender across the Reformation, from the fourteenth to the eighteenth centuries. Combining conceptual development with empirical history, the authors explore these two topics via themes of power, agency, work, family, sainthood, and witchcraft.

Spis treści

1 Introduction to medieval and early modern experiences of gender and faith  2 Lived religion and lived gender in family life  3 Gender in public devotion  4 Spirituality, sinfulness, and gender  5 Conclusions: structures of experiencing gender and religion from the medieval to the early modern period