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Author:

French, Katherine L.

Title:

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

Publisher:

University of Pennsylvania Press,

Copyright Date:

c2008

Description:

x, 337 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Parishes--England--History--To 1500.
Parishes--England--History--16th century.
Women--History--England--History--To 1500.
Women--History--England--History--16th century.
Women in church work--England--History--To 1500.
Women in church work--England--History--16th century.
Women--England--Social conditions--16th century.
Women--England--History--Middle Ages, 500-1500.
Black Death--Social aspects--England.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-322) and index.

Contents:

"My wedding gown to make a vestment" : housekeeping and churchkeeping -- Hatched, matched, and dispatched : life cycles and the liturgy -- "My pew in the middle aisle" : women at mass -- Maidens' lights and wives' stores : women's parish groups -- "To save them from binding on Hock Tuesday" : the rise of a women's holiday -- A cross out of bread crumbs : women's piety and impiety -- Epilogue: Women and the Reformation -- Appendix A: All-women's groups -- Appendix B: Hocktide celebrations.

Series:

The Middle Ages series

ISBN:

0812240537 (hbk. : alk. paper)
9780812240535 (hbk. : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)154800559

LCCN:

2008271376

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)