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.
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Place: UK
Publication Year: 2002-03-07
Language: English
Number of Pages: 216
Edition: 1
Series: Routledge Studies in Medieval Religion and Culture
Tracing development of scientific sociology from Comte onwards, this book provides a narrative history of figures, ideas, and schools that lie behind ..