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.
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