The Oldest Vocation

The Oldest Vocation Christian Motherhood in the Middle Ages

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Paperbound reprint of a 1991 study tracing the roots of medieval ideologies of motherhood in early Christianity, reconstructing the physiological assumptions underlying medieval notions about women's bodies and reproduction, and exploring the concept of spiritual motherhood, the cult of the Virgin M

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ISBN: 9780801482045
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Imprint: Cornell University Press
Pub date:
Edition: New Edition
DEWEY: 261.8358743094
Language: English
Number of pages: 288
Weight: 400g
Height: 229mm
Width: 152mm
Spine width: 25mm