Parish Clergy Wives in Elizabethan England

Inbunden, Engelska, 2019

Del i serien St Andrews Studies in Reformation History

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Beskrivning

In Parish Clergy Wives in Elizabethan England, Anne Thompson shifts the emphasis from the institution of clerical marriage to the people and personalities involved. Women who have hitherto been defined by their supposed obscurity and unsuitability are shown to have anticipated and exhibited the character, virtues, and duties associated with the archetypal clergy wife of later centuries.Through adept use of an extensive and eclectic range of archival material, this book offers insights into the perception and lived experience of ministers’ wives. In challenging accepted views on the social status of clergy wives and their role and reception within the community, new light is thrown on a neglected but crucial aspect of religious, social, and women’s history.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2019-03-01
Mått:155 x 235 x 24 mm
Vikt:613 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:St Andrews Studies in Reformation History
Antal sidor:296
Förlag:Brill
ISBN:9789004353909

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Mer om författaren

Anne Thompson, PhD (2016), University of Warwick, was awarded the Sir John H. Elliott Prize for Best Overall Performance in a History MA. She has presented many papers on the lived experience of the wives of the Elizabethan clergy.

Recensioner i media

“Thompson's book will prove of immense value to scholars of the Reformation and of early modern marriage, but its treatment of sixteenth-century gender expectations, interpersonal relationships within and outside of marriage, and charitable giving in a time of profound religious and economic change is deserving of a wider, non-specialist audience.” Jennifer McNabb, University of Northern Iowa. In: Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 73 , No 4 (Winter 2020), pp. 1405–1407.

Innehållsförteckning

AcknowledgementsList of Figures and TablesList of AbbreviationsIntroduction1 Better to Marry than to Burn? Attitudes to Clerical Marriage among the Elizabethan Clergy2 The Making of Clerical Marriages3 ‘As Common as the Cartway’? The Social Status of Clergy Wives4 ‘A Mirror of Virtue and Integrity’: Expectations of the Elizabethan Clergy Wife5 Clerical Marriage and Charitable Giving6 The Reception of the Clergy Wife: Reactions to a Religious and Social InnovationConclusionAppendix 1Appendix 2BibliographyIndex