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4974308Forgetful of Their Sexhttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/forgetful-of-their-sex-9780226518992/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/2058906/eec4eb82-7cde-475d-80f9-b427680fe4a0.jpg?v=638712887454030000413574MXNThe University of Chicago PressInStock/Ebooks/<p>In this remarkable study of over 2,200 female and male saints, Jane Schulenburg explores womens status and experience in early medieval society and in the Church by examining factors such as family wealth and power, patronage, monasticism, virginity, and motherhood. The result is a unique depiction of the lives of these strong, creative, independent-minded women who achieved a visibility in their society that led to recognition of sanctity.</p><p>"A tremendous piece of scholarship. . . . This journey through more than 2,000 saints is anything but dull. Along the way, Schulenburg informs our ideas regarding the role of saints in the medieval psyche, gender-specific identification, and the heroics of virginity." <em>Library Journal</em></p><p>"[This book] will be a kind of roots experience for some readers. They will hear the voices, haunted and haunting, of their distant ancestors and understand more about themselves." <em>Christian Science Monitor</em></p><p>"This fascinating book reaches far beyond the history of Christianity to recreate the herstory of a whole gender." Kate Saunders, <em>The Independent</em></p>...2258444Forgetful of Their Sex413574https://www.gandhi.com.mx/forgetful-of-their-sex-9780226518992/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/2058906/eec4eb82-7cde-475d-80f9-b427680fe4a0.jpg?v=638712887454030000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20189780226518992_W3siaWQiOiIxMjU1OTc5NS0wYzU2LTQ5MDQtYTczMi00NDNhYzUwMzdlNDMiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjU3NCwiZGlzY291bnQiOjE2MSwic2VsbGluZ1ByaWNlIjo0MTMsImluY2x1ZGVzVGF4Ijp0cnVlLCJwcmljZVR5cGUiOiJXaG9sZXNhbGUiLCJjdXJyZW5jeSI6Ik1YTiIsImZyb20iOiIyMDI0LTA1LTMxVDAwOjAwOjAwWiIsInJlZ2lvbiI6Ik1YIiwiaXNQcmVvcmRlciI6ZmFsc2V9XQ==9780226518992_<p>In this remarkable study of over 2,200 female and male saints, Jane Schulenburg explores womens status and experience in early medieval society and in the Church by examining factors such as family wealth and power, patronage, monasticism, virginity, and motherhood. The result is a unique depiction of the lives of these strong, creative, independent-minded women who achieved a visibility in their society that led to recognition of sanctity.</p><p>"A tremendous piece of scholarship. . . . This journey through more than 2,000 saints is anything but dull. Along the way, Schulenburg informs our ideas regarding the role of saints in the medieval psyche, gender-specific identification, and the heroics of virginity." <em>Library Journal</em></p><p>"[This book] will be a kind of roots experience for some readers. They will hear the voices, haunted and haunting, of their distant ancestors and understand more about themselves." <em>Christian Science Monitor</em></p><p>"This fascinating book reaches far beyond the history of Christianity to recreate the herstory of a whole gender." Kate Saunders, <em>The Independent</em></p>...9780226518992_The University of Chicago Presslibro_electonico_9780226518992_9780226518992Jane TibbettsInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/openroadmedia-epub-fb7c046a-b0d2-43ef-8ee3-d42e2c48408a.epub2018-06-29T00:00:00+00:00The University of Chicago Press