Title The good women of the parish : gender and religion after the Black Death / Katherine L. French

Published Philadelphia, Pa. : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2008

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Description 1 online resource (x, 337 pages) : illustrations, maps Series The Middle Ages series Middle Ages series Contents "My wedding gown to make a vestment": housekeeping and churchkeeping -- Hatched, matched, and dispatched: life cycles and the liturgy -- "My pew in the middle aisle": women at mass -- Maidens' lights and wives' stores: women's parish groups -- "To save them from binding on hock Tuesday": the rise of a women's holiday -- A cross out of bread crumbs: women's piety and impiety -- Epilogue: women and the Reformation -- Appendix A: all-women's groups -- Appendix B: Hocktide celebrations Summary French argues that medieval laywomen both coped with the chaotic changes following the plague and justified their own changing behavior by participating in local religion. Through active engagement in the parish church, the basic unit of public worship, women promoted and validated their own interests and responsibilities Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-322) and index Notes In English Subject Parishes -- England -- History -- To 1500 Parishes -- England -- History -- 16th century Women -- Religious life -- England -- History -- To 1500 Women -- Religious life -- England -- History -- 16th century Women in church work -- England -- History -- To 1500 Women in church work -- England -- History -- 16th century Women -- England -- Social conditions -- 16th century Women -- England -- History -- Middle Ages, 500-1500 Black Death -- Social aspects -- England HISTORY -- Medieval. Black death -- Social aspects Parishes Women in church work Women -- Middle Ages Women -- Religious life Women -- Social conditions England Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2008271376 ISBN 9780812201963 0812201965

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