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Women as Educators in Medieval Europe
A Cultural History of Women in Christianity, Volume: Volume 2: Women and Christianity in the Medieval Age, 1000-1400
Swansea University Author:
Deborah Youngs
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DOI (Published version): 10.4324/9781003212850-6
Abstract
This chapter explores education as it pertains to raising a Christian child in Europe, roughly 1000–1400, including the imparting of religious knowledge, the nurturing of certain behaviours, and ensuring an understanding of sin and redemption that could save souls. It begins by considering the domin...
| Published in: | A Cultural History of Women in Christianity |
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| Published: |
London and New York
Routledge
2024
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| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59188 |
| Abstract: |
This chapter explores education as it pertains to raising a Christian child in Europe, roughly 1000–1400, including the imparting of religious knowledge, the nurturing of certain behaviours, and ensuring an understanding of sin and redemption that could save souls. It begins by considering the dominant voices on the upbringing of girls, and attitudes towards learning; this includes its delivery and content, the extent to which girls were expected to be literate, and the role of the book as a vehicle for spiritual development. The importance of the domestic sphere as a locus for learning is explored alongside the evidence for education in schools and/or the cloister. A particular focus is on the role of women as teachers. Eschewing those approaches which seek to underscore the restrictions and lack of opportunities for women, this chapter considers women’s education by emphasising their own involvement in instructing others (and themselves) in Christian knowledge, faith, and values. |
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Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences |