Lived Religion and Gender in Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe
This study is an exploration of lived religion and gender across the Reformation, from the 14th–18th centuries. Combining conceptual development with empirical history, the authors explore these two topics via themes of power, agency, work, family, sainthood and witchcraft. By advancing the theoreti...
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| author | Katajala-Peltomaa, Sari Toivo, Raisa Maria |
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| description | This study is an exploration of lived religion and gender across the Reformation, from the 14th–18th centuries. Combining conceptual development with empirical history, the authors explore these two topics via themes of power, agency, work, family, sainthood and witchcraft. By advancing the theoretical category of ‘experience’, Lived Religion and Gender reveals multiple femininities and masculinities in the intersectional context of lived religion. The authors analyse specific case studies from both medieval and early modern sources, such as secular court records, to tell the stories of both individuals and large social groups. By exploring lived religion and gender on a range of social levels including the domestic sphere, public devotion and spirituality, this study explains how late medieval and early modern people performed both religion and gender in ways that were vastly different from what ideologists have prescribed. Lived Religion and Gender covers a wide geographical area in western Europe including Italy, Scandinavia and Finland, making this study an invaluable resource for scholars and students concerned with the history of religion, the history of gender, the history of the family, as well as medieval and early modern European history. The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1761662026-06-04T05:01:37Z Lived Religion and Gender in Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe Katajala-Peltomaa, Sari Toivo, Raisa Maria Intersectional gender studies Religious experience analysis Masculinity in history Femininity in society Secular court records research Spiritual agency Gendered religious practices in Europe Young Men Early Modern Vice Versa Performative Project Late Medieval Lay Men Heavenly Intercessor Saint Birgitta Unexplainable Concepts Circuit Court Contemporary Societies Catholic Reformations Women’s Public Participation Lived Religion Early Modern Believer Paradoxical Inversions Early Modern Finland thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRA Religion: general::QRAX History of religion thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHD European history thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHT History: specific events and topics::NHTB Social and cultural history thema EDItEUR::3 Time period qualifiers::3M c 1500 onwards to present day thema EDItEUR::3 Time period qualifiers::3K CE period up to c 1500 thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHB General and world history thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHW Military history This study is an exploration of lived religion and gender across the Reformation, from the 14th–18th centuries. Combining conceptual development with empirical history, the authors explore these two topics via themes of power, agency, work, family, sainthood and witchcraft. By advancing the theoretical category of ‘experience’, Lived Religion and Gender reveals multiple femininities and masculinities in the intersectional context of lived religion. The authors analyse specific case studies from both medieval and early modern sources, such as secular court records, to tell the stories of both individuals and large social groups. By exploring lived religion and gender on a range of social levels including the domestic sphere, public devotion and spirituality, this study explains how late medieval and early modern people performed both religion and gender in ways that were vastly different from what ideologists have prescribed. Lived Religion and Gender covers a wide geographical area in western Europe including Italy, Scandinavia and Finland, making this study an invaluable resource for scholars and students concerned with the history of religion, the history of gender, the history of the family, as well as medieval and early modern European history. The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license. 2026-05-05T05:00:41Z 2026-05-05T05:00:41Z 2026-05-04T08:53:10Z 2020 book ONIX_20260429T161217_9781351003377_6 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/112848 9781351003377 9781351003384 9781351003360 9781351003353 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/176166 eng Themes in Medieval and Early Modern History open access image/jpeg image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/112848/1/9781351003377.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/112848/1/9781351003377.pdf Taylor & Francis Routledge 10.4324/9781351003384 10.4324/9781351003384 fa69b019-f4ee-4979-8d42-c6b6c476b5f0 9781351003377 9781351003384 9781351003360 9781351003353 Routledge 166 Oxford open access |
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| title | Lived Religion and Gender in Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe |
| title_full | Lived Religion and Gender in Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe |
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| topic | Intersectional gender studies Religious experience analysis Masculinity in history Femininity in society Secular court records research Spiritual agency Gendered religious practices in Europe Young Men Early Modern Vice Versa Performative Project Late Medieval Lay Men Heavenly Intercessor Saint Birgitta Unexplainable Concepts Circuit Court Contemporary Societies Catholic Reformations Women’s Public Participation Lived Religion Early Modern Believer Paradoxical Inversions Early Modern Finland thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRA Religion: general::QRAX History of religion thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHD European history thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHT History: specific events and topics::NHTB Social and cultural history thema EDItEUR::3 Time period qualifiers::3M c 1500 onwards to present day thema EDItEUR::3 Time period qualifiers::3K CE period up to c 1500 thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHB General and world history thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHW Military history |
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