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Atkinson, Clarissa W., author.

Title The Oldest Vocation : Christian Motherhood in the Medieval West / Clarissa W. Atkinson.

Publication Info.	Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2019]
	©1994

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Description	1 online resource (xiv, 274 pages)
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Contents	Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- 1. Christian Motherhood: "Who Is My Mother?" -- 2. Physiological Motherhood: The Wandering Womb -- 3. Spiritual Motherhood: Extraordinary Women in the Early Middle Ages -- 4. Theological Motherhood: The Virgin Mother of God -- 5. "Mother of Love, Mother of Tears": Holiness and Families in the Later Middle Ages -- 6. Motherhood Reformed: The Parson's Wife and Her Children -- 7. The Construction of Motherhood -- Works Cited -- Index
Language	In English.
Note	Online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Mai 2019).
Summary	From the myth of Joan to the experiences of saints, nuns, and ordinary women, The Oldest Vocation brings to life both the richness and the troubling contradictions of Christian motherhood in medieval Europe.
Subject	Motherhood -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
	Mothers -- Religious life -- Europe -- History.
	Europe -- Social conditions -- To 1492.
	Mothers -- Religious life -- Europe.
	Mères -- Europe -- Vie religieuse.
	Europe -- Conditions sociales -- Jusqu'à 1492.
	Maternité -- Aspect religieux -- Christianisme.
	HISTORY -- Medieval.
	Motherhood -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
	Mothers -- Religious life
	Social conditions
	Europe https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJxCxPbbk4CPJDQJb4r6rq
Chronological Term	To 1492
Indexed Term	European history: medieval period, middle ages
Genre/Form	History
ISBN	9781501740893
	150174089X
Standard No.	10.7591/9781501740893 doi
	AU@ 000065956519