The good women of the parish : gender and religion after the Black Death / Katherine L. French.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

French, Katherine L.

Series:

Middle Ages series

The Middle Ages series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Black Death--Social aspects--England.

Black Death.

Parishes--England--History--To 1500.

Parishes.

Parishes--England--History--16th century.

Women--Religious life--England--History--To 1500.

Women.

Women--Religious life--England--History--16th century.

Women in church work--England--History--To 1500.

Women in church work.

Women in church work--England--History--16th century.

Women--England--Social conditions--16th century.

Women--England--History--Middle Ages, 500-1500.

Social conditions.

History.

Women--Religious life.

Black death--Social aspects.

England.

Physical Description:

x, 337 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, Pa. : University of Pennsylvania Press ; [Bristol] : [University Presses Marketing, distributor], [2008]

Contents:

1 "My Wedding Gown to Make a Vestment": Housekeeping and Churchkeeping 17

2 Hatched, Matched, and Dispatched: Life Cycles and the Liturgy 50

3 "My Pew in the Middle Aisle": Women at Mass 85

4 Maidens' Lights and Wives' Stores: Women's Parish Groups 118

5 "To Save Them from Binding on Hock Tuesday": The Rise of a Women's Holiday 157

6 A Cross Out of Bread Crumbs: Women's Piety and Impiety 180

Epilogue: Women and the Reformation 223

Appendix A All-Women's Groups 231

Appendix B Hocktide Celebrations 233.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780812240535

0812240537

OCLC:

154800559