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Choosing not to marry : women and autonomy in the Katherine Group
- Title
- Choosing not to marry : women and autonomy in the Katherine Group / Julie Hassel.
- Author
- Hassel, Julie Bond, 1969-
- Publication
- New York : Routledge, 2002.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | PR275.W6 H37 2002 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xii, 140 pages; 24 cm.
- Series Statement
- Studies in medieval history and culture
- Uniform Title
- Studies in medieval history and culture
- Subject
- Katherine group
- To 1500
- English prose literature > Middle English, 1100-1500 > History and criticism
- Women and literature > England > History > To 1500
- Devotional literature, English (Middle) > History and criticism
- Christian literature, English (Middle) > History and criticism
- Feminism and literature > England > History > To 1500
- Christian hagiography > History > To 1500
- Autonomy (Psychology) in literature
- Christian saints in literature
- Single women in literature
- Virginity in literature
- Feminism in literature
- Marriage in literature
- Sex role in literature
- Christian hagiography
- Christian literature, English (Middle)
- Devotional literature, English (Middle)
- English prose literature > Middle English
- Feminism and literature
- Women and literature
- Frau
- Ehe
- Sexualität
- Proza
- Middelengels
- Vrouwen
- Heiligen
- Maagdelijkheid
- Huwelijk
- Ongehuwden
- England
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 99-137) and index.
- Contents
- The Katherine Group in context -- Gender and the study of medieval spirituality -- Jerome and the freedom of not marrying -- Peter Abelard and twelfth-century clerical misogamy -- Monastic life in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries -- Virginity and women's opportunities in Hali Meidhad -- Hali Meidhad as devotional literature -- Autonomy for women in Hali Meidhad -- The saints' lives -- Katherine -- Margaret -- Juliana -- Reading a wife in Sawles Warde -- Feminist approaches to Sawles Warde -- The household as soul -- Inner and outer in Ancrene Wisse -- The wife in Sawles Warde.
- ISBN
- 0415937841
- 9780415937849
- LCCN
- 2002002578
- OCLC
- ocm49225274
- 49225274
- SCSB-14533462
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library