1st Edition

Lived Religion and Gender in Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe

166 Pages
by Routledge

166 Pages
by Routledge

166 Pages
by Routledge

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... Read more

1 Introduction to medieval and early modern experiences of gender and faith  2 Lived religion and lived gender in family life  3 Gender in public devotion  4 Spirituality, sinfulness, and gender  5 Conclusions: structures of experiencing gender and religion from the medieval to the early modern period

Biography

Sari Katajala-Peltomaa is Senior Research Fellow at the Academy of Finland Centre of Excellence in the History of Experiences at Tampere University, Finland. She specialises in late medieval hagiography and especially in canonisation processes. Her publications include Demonic Possession and Lived Religion in Later Medieval Europe (2020).

Raisa Maria Toivo is Professor at Tampere University and the Academy of Finland Centre of Excellence in the History of Experiences at Tampere University, Finland. She specialises in history of early modern religion, gender, family and court records. Her publications include Faith and Magic in Early Modern Finland (2016).