{"product_id":"the-pastoral-care-of-women-beth-allison-barr-9781837650095","title":"The Pastoral Care of Women in Late Medieval England","description":"A close examination of religious texts illuminates the way in which parish priests dealt with their female parishioners in the Middle Ages. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe question of how priests were taught to think about and care for female parishioners is the topic of this book. As neither misogynist villains nor saintly heroes, clerical authors of pastoral vernacular literature persisted both in their characterization of women as difficult parishioners and in their attempts to recognize women as ordinary parishioners who deserved ordinary pastoral care. Focusing on the important vernacular writings of John Mirk, his Festial and Instructions for Parish Priests, the author reveals how even a small number of influential sermon compilations, exempla, and pastoral guides could have significantly shaped the perceptions, attitudes, and- perhaps - actions of fourteenth- and fifteenth-century priests. Shedding light on the mental universe of the late medieval parish, this study offers important new insights into the reality of how priests perceived and fulfilled their spiritual obligations to the women they served. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e BETH ALLISON BARR is Assistant Professor of European Women's History at Baylor University.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Beth Allison Barr\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1837650098\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781837650095\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Boydell Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/18\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 182\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.59lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.39d","brand":"Beth Allison Barr","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44079910682879,"sku":"9781837650095","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_15302784-bbf3-42a5-bfdd-efd07c63833f.jpg?v=1685483859","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-pastoral-care-of-women-beth-allison-barr-9781837650095","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}