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A History of Women in Christianity to 1600

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von: Hannah Matis
30,99 €
Verlag:	Wiley-Blackwell
Format:	PDF
Veröffentl.:	14.12.2022
ISBN/EAN:	9781119756620
Sprache:	englisch
Anzahl Seiten:	272

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An overarching history of women in the Christian Church from antiquity to the Reformation, perfect for advanced undergraduates and seminary students alike A History of Women in Christianity to 1600 presents 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. Written 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: <ul> <li>Examines conceptions of sex and gender tracing back their roots to the Jewish, Hellenistic, and Roman culture</li> <li>Provides 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</li> <li>Compares and contrasts each of the major confessions of the Church during the Reformation</li> <li>Explores lesser-known figures from beyond the Western European tradition</li></ul>A History of Women in Christianity to 1600 is 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.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 A History of Women in Christianity: An Introduction 1 References 8 2 Filling the Hungry with Good Things: Women in Christianity to 200 10 Named Women in the Letters of Paul 11 Jews and God-Fearing Women in Hellenistic Society 13 Women in the Pax Romana 16 Pauline Paradoxes: Defining the Body of the Christian Community 20 The Pastoral Epistles 23 Thecla, an Early Christian Superhero 24 Prophecy and Secret Knowledge: Women in Gnosticism and Montanism 26 References 29 3 From Agnes to Sant’Agnese: Women as Witnesses, 200–350 33 The Third-Century Crisis and the Transformation of the Empire 35 Martyrdom, Memory, and Place 36 Christiana sum: Women, Martyrdom, and Christian Identity 37 Martyrdom as Christian Genre Literature 39 Deaconesses, Missionaries, and Martyrs in the Provinces 40 Saints and Legends 42 Maria orans: Proclamation and Liturgy 43 The New Holy Places 45 Asceticism and the New Martyrs 47 Macrina and the Household Community 50 References 51 4 Romancing Stones: Women in Christianity, 350–500 55 Wars and Rumors of Wars 56 A Woman Alone 58 Women in Community 59 The Virgin and the Widow 61 The Ascetic Patroness 62 Everyday Saints 67 A Family of Helenas: Theodosian Women 70 References 75 5 Bridgeheads in the Early Medieval Kingdoms: Women at the Frontiers, 500–750 79 Rome Reunited? Theodora and Justinian 80 Presbyterae and Deaconesses in the Early Medieval West 82 Women in the Early Medieval Archipelago 83 A Golden Age for Women? 85 Women and Early Medieval Monasticism 86 Women and Insular Christianity 89 Gregory the Great’s Correspondents 91 Queens of the Franks 93 The Abbesses of The Ecclesiastical History of the English People 96 References 97 6 Charlemagne’s Daughters: Women, Empire, and Reform, 750–1050 101 The Rise of the Carolingians 103 Charlemagne and the World of the Carolingian Court 105 King Solomon’s Wives 108 Women and the Benedictine Reform in England 110 The Triumph of Orthodoxy: Women Saints in Byzantium 112 Ottonian Queens 114 Women and the Gregorian Reform 116 References 117 7 New Learning, Old Problems: Women and the Reformations of the Twelfth Century, 1050–1200 122 Women and the Crusades 123 Clerical Identity and Lay Enthusiasm 125 The Empress and the Anglo-Normans 126 Sunday Daughters 129 Nuns and Priests: Men and Women Together 132 The World of the Cloister: Herrad and Hildegard 134 Héloïse and Abelard 138 References 141 8 Clare and Company: The Social Mystics, 1200–1300 145 The Boom-Time and the Poor 146 The Perfect and the Inquisition 148 Embracing Poverty 150 The Confessor and the Religious Woman 151 Women and the Cistercians 153 Beguines and Penitents 157 References 164 9 The Political Visionary, 1300–1500 169 The Late Middle Ages: Crisis and Transformation 170 A Climate of Suspicion 172 Devotion in the Vernacular 173 The Angelic Speech of Bridget of Sweden 177 The Political Visionary: From Catherine of Siena to Joan of Arc 179 From Weeping to Preaching: Magdalene Spirituality 182 Sisters in a Common Life 185 References 187 10 Witness in Translation: Women in the Protestant Reformation, 1500–1600 192 Women and the Reformation 194 Women and the Town Councils197 Doctor Katharina 199 Reformation Magdalenes 200 Cuius regio: Royal Women and the Reformation 203 Italian Spirituali 204 The King’s Great Matter and the Queen’s Religion206 References 211 11 Women in the Catholic Reformation, 1500–1600 216 The Council of Trent and the Catholic Reformation 217 The Virgin and the Magdalene 218 In the Shadow of Isabella: From the Beatas to Teresa of Avila 220 “ People are people”: Caritas Pirckheimer223 English Women and the Old Religion 225 Queen Mary227 Recusant Women and the Jesuits 228 Mary and Martha: The New Catholic Orders 231 References 237 12 Conclusion 241 References 244 Index 245

Autorenportrait

HANNAH MATIS is Associate Professor of Church History at Virginia Theological Seminary, Alexandria, Virginia, USA. Her areas of expertise include Carolingian biblical interpretation, late antiquity and medieval history, Reformation history, Anglican studies, the history of spirituality, and the religious experience of women within the Christian tradition. She is the author of The Song of Songs in the Early Middle Ages (2019).

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A History of Women in Christianity to 1600 presents an overarching narrative account of women in the Church from the origins of the faith to the seventeenth century. Synthesizing diverse contemporary scholarship into a single, easily accessible volume, author Hannah Matis assesses the role of women in the development of Christian doctrine, and examines how structural and environmental factors have shaped women’s engagement with Christianity. This unique textbook covers topics often ignored in broad narratives of Christian history, such as the experience of women in the Church during the Middle Ages, and the contributions of lesser-known figures from beyond the western European tradition. Locating significant individuals and events within their historical context, the book delves into the conceptions of sex and gender tracing back their roots to the Jewish, Hellenistic, and Roman culture. Readers will explore a spectrum of complex discourses concerning women and gender in the Church, the martyrdom of early Christian women, how the fall of Rome changed the social, political, and liturgical roles of women, the contrasting positions of major confessions of the Church during the Reformation, and more. Perfect for advanced undergraduates and seminary students alike, A History of Women in Christianity to 1600 is an excellent textbook for courses in Christian traditions, historical theology, religious studies, medieval history, Reformation history, and gender history.