Holy Feast and Holy Fast: The Religious Significance of Food to Medieval Women (The New Historicism : Studies in Cultural Poetics, 1)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: January 7, 1988
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 300
ISBN-13: 9780520063297
Subjects: Christian life & practice; Christian rites & ceremonies; Early Church; Women's studies; Religious aspects; History: American; Women; History; History - General History; Middle Ages, 600-1500; USA; Medieval; Christian Life - General; History / General; Social history; Food; Christianity; History of doctrines; Medieval, 500-1500; Middle Ages, 500-1500
First sentence: THE LATER Middle Ages, especially the period from the late twelfth to the early fourteenth century, witnessed a significant proliferation of opportunities for women to participate in specialized religious roles and of the type of roles available.