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Gender and Holiness: Men, Women and Saints in Late Medieval Europe by S. Riches [Repost]
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Gender and Holiness: Men, Women and Saints in Late Medieval Europe by S. Riches
English | Apr 5, 2002 | ISBN: 0415258219 | 215 Pages | PDF | 4 MB
English | Apr 5, 2002 | ISBN: 0415258219 | 215 Pages | PDF | 4 MB
This collection brings together two flourishing areas of medieval scholarship: gender and religion. It examines gender-specific religious practices and contends that the pursuit of holiness can destabilise binary gender itself. Though saints may be classified as masculine or feminine, holiness may also cut across gender divisions and demand a break from normally gendered behaviour.