Choosing not to marry : women and autonomy in the Katherine Group / Julie Hassel.

SeriesStudies in medieval history and culture
Studies in medieval history and culture. ^A471288
Contents The Katherine Group in context. Gender and the study of medieval spirituality -- Jerome and the freedom of not marrying -- Peter Abelard and twelfth-century clerical misogamy -- Monastic life in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. Virginity and women's opportunities in Hali Meidhad. Hali Meidhad as devotional literature -- Autonomy for women in Hali Meidhad -- The saints' lives. Katherine -- Margaret -- Juliana -- Reading a wife in Sawles Warde. Feminist approaches to Sawles Warde -- The household as soul -- Inner and outer in Ancrene Wisse -- The wife in Sawles Warde.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 129-137) and index.
LCCN 2002002578
ISBN0415937841

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Joyner General Stacks PR275.W6 H37 2002 ✔ Available Place Hold