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Symbolic reproduction in early medieval England : secular and monastic households / Katharine Sykes.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sykes, Katharine, 1979- author.
- Series:
- Past and present book series.
- Oxford scholarship online.
- The past and present book series
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Households--England--History--To 1500.
- Households.
- Women--History--Middle Ages, 500-1500.
- Women.
- Kinship--England--History--To 1500.
- Kinship.
- Monasticism and religious orders--England--History--Middle Ages, 600-1500.
- Monasticism and religious orders.
- Royal households--Great Britain--History--To 1500.
- Royal households.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2024]
- Summary:
- Katharine Sykes examines a new type of household to emerge in early medieval England: the monastic household. Reproducing through education and training, rather than biological means, monastic households introduce new ideas of spiritual, non-biological reproduction to their royal and secular counterparts.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on April 30, 2024).
- Other Format:
- Print version :
- ISBN:
- 0-19-193332-5
- OCLC:
- 1432159015
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