1st Edition

Motherhood, Religion, and Society in Medieval Europe, 400-1400 Essays Presented to Henrietta Leyser

Edited By Lesley Smith, Conrad Leyser Copyright 2011
392 Pages
by Routledge

392 Pages
by Routledge

392 Pages
by Routledge

Who can concentrate on thoughts of Scripture or philosophy and be able to endure babies crying ... ? Will he put up with the constant muddle and squalor which small children bring into the home? The wealthy can do so ... but philosophers lead a very different life ... So, according to Peter Abelard, did his wife Heloise state in characteristically stark terms the antithetical demands of family and... Read more

Motherhood, Religion, and Society in Medieval Europe, 400-1400

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Lesley Smith, Conrad Leyser