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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807283503321

Autore

McSheffrey Shannon

Titolo

Gender and heresy : women and men in Lollard communities, 1420-1530 / / Shannon McSheffrey

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia : , : University of Pennsylvania Press, , 1995

©1995

ISBN

1-283-21215-3

9786613212153

0-8122-0396-8

0-585-14717-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 253 pages) : illustrations, maps

Collana

Middle Ages series

Disciplina

284/.3

Soggetti

Lollards

Christian heresies - England - History - Middle Ages, 600-1500

Sex role - Religious aspects - Christianity

Sex role - England - History

England Church history 1066-1485

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Content -- Illustrations -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgment -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Lollards of Coventry -- 3. The Lollard Communities -- 4. Lollards and the Family -- 5. Gender and Social Status -- 6. Conclusion: Lollardy, Gender, and Late Medieval Religious Culture -- Appendix: The Lallard Communities -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Shannon McSheffrey studies the communities of the late medieval English heretics, the Lollards, and presents unexpected conclusions about the precise ways in which gender shaped participation and interaction within the movement.