HIS102Y1 Lecture : Lecture 2
Document Summary
Women were associated with sin, temptation, origin of evil, the fall of mankind. More sexually uncontrollable and less capable of reason. Women represented in relation to eve in this kind of evil connection. Wasn t possible for women to ignore this at this particular time because religion was such a pervasive part in women s lives. The stakes of religious authority in medieval women s lives. Leading a religious life & claims to spiritual authority as gender struggle within patriarchal christianity. What women s religious lives meant for challenging ideas and what leading a religious life meant to shaping women s social, political, and economic circumstances. Didn t necessarily mean that women didn t engage in religion. They challenged the ideas interpreted through eve: truth claims, religion and science, querelles des femmes: gender & morals. The women question developed, begins in this period, takes on different forms later. Popular culture movement: roles in religious institutions & partnerships with male ecclesiastics.
