The good women of the parish : gender and religion after the Black Death /

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Main Author: French, Katherine L.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published:Philadelphia, Pa. : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2008], ©2008.
Series:Middle Ages series.
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Table of Contents:
  • "My wedding gown to make a vestment" : housekeeping and churchkeeping
  • Hatched, matched, and dispatched : life cycles and the liturgy
  • "My pew in the middle aisle" : women at mass
  • Maidens' lights and wives' stores : women's parish groups
  • "To save them from binding on Hock Tuesday" : the rise of a women's holiday
  • A cross out of bread crumbs : women's piety and impiety
  • Epilogue: Women and the Reformation
  • Appendix A: All-women's groups
  • Appendix B: Hocktide celebrations.