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Patterns of Piety

Women, Gender and Religion in Late Medieval and Reformation England

by Christine Peters

  • Paperback
  • 412 pages
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • 15.3 x 22.9 x 2.2 cm

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For scholars and readers interested in gender studies

Explains women's shifting roles during the Reformation

You will gain a deeper understanding of faith and gender

This insightful book examines the role of women in the English Reformation.

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This book offers an interpretation of the transition from Catholicism to Protestantism in the English Reformation, and explores its implications for an understanding of women and gender. Central to this is an appreciation of the significance of medieval Christocentric piety in offering a bridge to the Reformation, and in shaping the nature of Protestantism in the period up to the Civil War. Not only does this explain much of the support for Protestantism, but it also suggests the need to question assumptions that the 'loss' of the Virgin Mary and the saints was detrimental to women. The Reformation undermined the ritual role of the Catholic godly woman but its definition of the representative frail Christian as a woman devoted to Christ meant that it was not an alien environment for the weaker sex. Moreover, although scriptural texts could reinforce patriarchy, they were complemented by subtle discussions of the ambiguities of gender and responsibility in the stories of Susanna and Bathsheba. The Christocentric piety of the late medieval parish shaped the Reformation and paved the way for a more subtle understanding of gender.
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  • Author

    Christine Peters

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Cambridge University Press

  • Published

    January 2009

  • Weight

    550g

  • Page Count

    412

  • Dimensions

    15.3 x 22.9 x 2.2 cm

  • ISBN

    9780521093446

  • ISBN-10

    0521093449

  • Eden Code

    3824949

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