Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
1 Introduction: Devout Outlaws.Part I.2 The New Normal.3 Disobedient Women.4 Wodehouse's Choice.5 Amending the Marriage Contract.Part II.6 The 'Good Catholic'.7 Sharing the Job: Cooperation between the Priesthood and Laity.8 Where the Catholic Church Draws the Line: Mary Ward vs the Priesthood.
Synopsis
Explores how Catholic women and men managed the competing demands of church, family and state by pushing the boundaries of gender and laypeople's roles
Focuses on the experiences of individuals across three centuries to reveal patterns of evolving gender and religious norms
Offers timely historical perspectives on change within the Catholic Church