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Patterns of Piety: Women, Gender and Religion in Late Medieval and Reformation England

Hardback

Main Details

Title Patterns of Piety: Women, Gender and Religion in Late Medieval and Reformation England
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Christine Peters
SeriesCambridge Studies in Early Modern British History
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:410
Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 152
Category/GenreBritish and Irish History
Church history
ISBN/Barcode 9780521580625
ClassificationsDewey:274.206082 270.0820942
Audience
Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Illustrations 10 Tables, unspecified; 50 Halftones, unspecified

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 15 May 2003
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

This book offers a new interpretation of the transition from Catholicism to Protestantism in the English Reformation, and explores its implications for an understanding of women and gender. Central to this is an appreciation of the significance of medieval Christo-centric piety in offering a bridge to the Reformation, and in shaping the nature of Protestantism in the period up to the Civil War. Not only does this explain much of the support for Protestantism, but it also suggests the need to question assumptions that the 'loss' of the Virgin Mary and the saints was detrimental to women. Patterns of piety are crucial in two senses: devotional trends intersected with the ideas expressed in the lives of godly exemplars. The strength of the idea of the godly woman ensured that the outcome would shape the contemporary understanding of gender.

Author Biography

Graduating from St Hugh's College, Oxford, the author travelled widely in Eastern Europe on a Leverhulme Scholarship and was a Fellow at the Warburg Institute before transferring to Oxford. She has published articles based on the first part of her doctoral thesis in Past and Present and Continuity and Change. This is her first book.

Reviews

"...this book will be of value to libraries supporting graduate level coursework in religiuous or social history." Catholic Library World "Christine Peters' contribution is a very significant one...It will be required reading for anyone with a serious interest in late medieval religion, Protestantism, and the effects of the Reformation on the piety of men and women, and on perceptions of gender." American Historical Review "This important contribution to the history of the Reformation and its impact on women and gender relations will undoubtedly stimulate much further research." Anglican and Episcopal History, Martha Skeeters, Norman, Oklahoma "This book is beautifully produced with many illustrations and a full bibliography as well as notes. It deserves to be widely read." Renaissance Quarterly