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Paperback Women of the Twelfth Century, Volume 3: Eve and the Church Book

ISBN: 0226167860

ISBN13: 9780226167862

Women of the Twelfth Century, Volume 3: Eve and the Church

(Book #3 in the Dames du XIIe siècle Series)

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In this volume, Georges Duby studies the relationship between the Church and women in twelfth-century Europe. By that time, the Church had begun to see the evolving roles and expectations of women as serious matters, resulting in a wide range of clerical writings addressing "the woman question."

Drawing on these writings, Duby describes how women were thought to embody particular sins, such as sorcery, disobedience, and licentiousness. He evaluates...

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