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Women in the Medieval Church: Did You Know?
Jeannette L. Angell is a doctoral candidate in history and liturgics at the School of Theology, Boston University.
Women in the Medieval Church: From the Editor - In the Middle (Ages) of a Debate
KEVIN A. MILLER
Catherine of Siena
She lived only 33 years, but her vibrant faith and writings were so influential she has been declared a Doctor of the Church.
Caroline T. Marshall is Professor of History at James Madison University in Harrisonburg Virginia, and a contributor to The History of Christianity (Lion, 1977).
The Black Death
Catherine of Siena lived—and helped others—during the most devastating plague in human history.
—The Editors
Five Religious Options for Medieval Women
In the High Middle Ages, Christian women found many ways to live a holy life.
Dr. Ann K. Warren is Adjunct Associate Proffessor of History at Case Western Reserve University and author of Anchorites and Their Patrons in Medieval England (California, 1985).
Terms of the Religious Life
Life in a Medieval Village
From birth to death, a peasant woman's difficult life intersected the church.
Frances and Joseph Gies are the authors of many hooks on the Middle Ages including Life in a Medieval Village (Harper & Row 1990) from which this article is excerpted by permission.
Inside the Convent
How did convents arise? Why did so many medieval women enter them?
Dr. Jo Ann McNamara is Professor of History at Hunter College, City University of New York, and author of Women and the Structures of Society (Duke, 1984).
A Skeptic Inside the Nunnery
Spiritual vitality—and tensions—within a twelfth-century priory.
Women in the Medieval Church: A Gallery of Christian Women Writers of the Medieval World
Dr. Katharina M. Wilson is Professor of Comparative Literature at the University of Georgia and editor of Medieval Women Writers (Georgia, 1984).
Joan of Arc
The courageous and controversial teenager who saved her country
The Editors
Women in the Medieval Church: The Christian History Timeline
Dr. Thomas O. Kay is Chair of the Department of History at Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois.
Heloise and Abelard's Tumultuous Affair
She became an acclaimed abbess; he was one of the greatest philosophers of the medieval world. Yet their fabled love deeply damaged them both.
Dr. Ruth A. Tucker is visiting professor at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Deerfield, Illinois. She is author of eight books, including Daughters of the Church (with Walter Liefeld; Zondervan, 1987) and Stories of Faith (Zondervan, 1990).
The Mystics
Why did mysticism flower in the medieval world—and why did women often lead in it?
Dr. Elizabeth Alvilda Petroff is Professor of Comparative Literature at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and author of Medieval Women's Visionary Literature (Oxford, 1986).
Voices of the Mystics
Writings from Women in the Medieval Church
Brief selections from four key books
Women in the Medieval Church: Recommended Resources
The Faith Behind the Famous: Isaac Newton
He has been called "the greatest scientific genius the world has known." Yet he spent less time on science than on theology.
Charles E. Hummel is author of The Galileo Connection and Genesis: God's Creative Call (both InterVarsity).
Newton's Views on Science and Faith
Charles E. Hummel is author of The Galileo Connection and Genesis: God's Creative Call (both InterVarsity).
Significant Events in the Life of Isaac Newton
Charles E. Hummel is author of The Galileo Connection and Genesis: God's Creative Call (both InterVarsity).
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