Suchergebnisse

Convent ruins and Christian profession : toward a methodology for the history of religion and gender / Lisa Bitel -- Tertullian, the angelic life, and the bride of Christ / Dyan Elliot -- Flesh, two sexes, three genders? / Jacqueline Murray -- Thomas Aquinas's chastity belt : clerical masculinity in medieval Europe / Ruth Mazo Karras -- Women's monasteries and sacred space : the promotion of saints' cults and miracles / Jane Tibbetts Schulenberg -- Priestly women, virginal men : litanies and their discontents / Felice Lifshitz

The word "medieval" is often used in a negative way when talking about contemporary issues. Why the Middle Ages Matter refreshes our thinking about this historical era, and our own, by looking at some pressing concerns from today's world, asking how these issues were really handled in the medieval period, and showing why the past matters now. The contributors here cover topics such as torture, marriage, sexuality, imprisonment, refugees, poverty, work, the status of women, disability, race, political leadership and end of life care. They focus on a variety of regions, from North Afri