{"product_id":"a-history-of-women-in-christianity-to-1600-paperback-softback-9781119756613","title":"A History of Women in Christianity to 1600 (Paperback \/ softback) 9781119756613","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA History of Women in Christianity to 1600\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eHannah Matis (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781119756613, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 15 December 2022\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e272 pages\u003cbr\u003e24.4 x 17 x 1.5 cm, 0.68 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This lucid, informative, eminently readable history of women in pre-modern Christian history is a gem.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eInterpretation: A Journal of Bible and Theology,\u003c\/i\u003e 78(3), 2024\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eHistory of Women\u003c\/i\u003e is appropriate for a book study group or as a college or graduate school textbook.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnglican \u0026amp; Episcopal History\u003c\/i\u003e, Volume 93, Number 2, June 2024\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn overarching history of women in the Christian Church from antiquity to the Reformation, perfect for advanced undergraduates and seminary students alike\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA History of Women in Christianity to 1600 \u003c\/i\u003epresents a continuous narrative account of women’s engagement with the Christian tradition from its origins to the seventeenth century, synthesizing a diverse range of scholarship into a single, easily accessible volume. Locating significant individuals and events within their historical context, this well-balanced textbook offers an assessment of women’s contributions to the development of Christian doctrine while providing insights into how structural and environmental factors have shaped women’s experience of Christianity. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWritten by a prominent scholar in the field, the book addresses complex discourses concerning women and gender in the Church, including topics often ignored in broad narratives of Christian history. Students will explore the ways women served in liturgical roles within the church, the experience of martyrdom for early Christian women, how the social and political roles of women changed after the fall of Rome, the importance of women in the re-evangelization of Western Europe, and more. Through twelve chapters, organized chronologically, this comprehensive text: \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eExamines conceptions of sex and gender tracing back their roots to the Jewish, Hellenistic, and Roman culture\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides a unique view of key women in the Church in the Middle Ages, including the rise of women’s monasticism and the impact of the Inquisition\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCompares and contrasts each of the major confessions of the Church during the Reformation\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores lesser-known figures from beyond the Western European tradition\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA History of Women in Christianity to 1600 \u003c\/i\u003eis an essential textbook for undergraduate and graduate courses in Christian traditions, historical theology, religious studies, medieval history, Reformation history, and gender history, as well as an invaluable resource for seminary students and scholars in the field.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 A History of Women in Christianity: An Introduction \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 8\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Filling the Hungry with Good Things: Women in Christianity to 200 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e10\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNamed Women in the Letters of Paul 11\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJews and God-Fearing Women in Hellenistic Society 13\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWomen in the \u003ci\u003ePax Romana \u003c\/i\u003e16\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePauline Paradoxes: Defining the Body of the Christian Community 20\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Pastoral Epistles 23\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThecla, an Early Christian Superhero 24\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProphecy and Secret Knowledge: Women in Gnosticism and Montanism 26\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 29\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 From Agnes to Sant’Agnese: Women as Witnesses, 200–350 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e33\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Third-Century Crisis and the Transformation of the Empire 35\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMartyrdom, Memory, and Place 36\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristiana sum\u003c\/i\u003e: Women, Martyrdom, and Christian Identity 37\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMartyrdom as Christian Genre Literature 39\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDeaconesses, Missionaries, and Martyrs in the Provinces 40\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSaints and Legends 42\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaria orans\u003c\/i\u003e: Proclamation and Liturgy 43\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe New Holy Places 45\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAsceticism and the New Martyrs 47\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMacrina and the Household Community 50\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 51\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Romancing Stones: Women in Christianity, 350–500 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e55\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWars and Rumors of Wars 56\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Woman Alone 58\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWomen in Community 59\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Virgin and the Widow 61\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Ascetic Patroness 62\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEveryday Saints 67\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Family of Helenas: Theodosian Women 70\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 75\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Bridgeheads in the Early Medieval Kingdoms: Women at the Frontiers, 500–750 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e79\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRome Reunited? Theodora and Justinian 80\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePresbyterae and Deaconesses in the Early Medieval West 82\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWomen in the Early Medieval Archipelago 83\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Golden Age for Women? 85\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWomen and Early Medieval Monasticism 86\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWomen and Insular Christianity 89\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGregory the Great’s Correspondents 91\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQueens of the Franks 93\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Abbesses of The Ecclesiastical History of the English People 96\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 97\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Charlemagne’s Daughters: Women, Empire, and Reform, 750–1050 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e101\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Rise of the Carolingians 103\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCharlemagne and the World of the Carolingian Court 105\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKing Solomon’s Wives 108\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWomen and the Benedictine Reform in England 110\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Triumph of Orthodoxy: Women Saints in Byzantium 112\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOttonian Queens 114\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWomen and the Gregorian Reform 116\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 117\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 New Learning, Old Problems: Women and the Reformations of the Twelfth Century, 1050–1200 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e122\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWomen and the Crusades 123\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eClerical Identity and Lay Enthusiasm 125\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Empress and the Anglo-Normans 126\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSunday Daughters 129\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNuns and Priests: Men and Women Together 132\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe World of the Cloister: Herrad and Hildegard 134\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHéloïse and Abelard 138\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 141\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 Clare and Company: The Social Mystics, 1200–1300 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e145\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Boom-Time and the Poor 146\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Perfect and the Inquisition 148\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEmbracing Poverty 150\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Confessor and the Religious Woman 151\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWomen and the Cistercians 153\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBeguines and Penitents 157\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 164\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 The Political Visionary, 1300–1500 169\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Late Middle Ages: Crisis and Transformation 170\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Climate of Suspicion 172\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDevotion in the Vernacular 173\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Angelic Speech of Bridget of Sweden 177\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Political Visionary: From Catherine of Siena to Joan of Arc 179\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom Weeping to Preaching: Magdalene Spirituality 182\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSisters in a Common Life 185\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 187\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10 Witness in Translation: Women in the Protestant Reformation, 1500–1600 192\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWomen and the Reformation 194\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWomen and the Town Councils197\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDoctor Katharina 199\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReformation Magdalenes 200\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCuius regio: Royal Women and the Reformation 203\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eItalian Spirituali 204\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe King’s Great Matter and the Queen’s Religion206\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 211\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e11 Women in the Catholic Reformation, 1500–1600 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e216\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Council of Trent and the Catholic Reformation 217\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Virgin and the Magdalene 218\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn the Shadow of Isabella: From the \u003ci\u003eBeatas \u003c\/i\u003eto Teresa of Avila 220\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePeople are people”: Caritas Pirckheimer223\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEnglish Women and the Old Religion 225\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQueen Mary227\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRecusant Women and the Jesuits 228\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMary and Martha: The New Catholic Orders 231\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 237\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e12 Conclusion \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e241\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 244\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 245\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Religion \u0026amp; 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