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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Any book on Bernardino of Siena will contain references to his telling women to go home & fetch their husbands. I first ran into this in Iris Origo, The World of San Bernardino. Tom Izbicki At 09:50 AM 1/16/2003 -0500, you wrote: >medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > >I've read in several secondary sources that medieval commentators >complained/observed that more women than men went to church and more women >listened to sermons then men, but now I can neither lay my hands on those >secondary references or the primary texts from which they came (probably >bad filing or faulty memory on my part). Can anyone help? Preferably I'd >like late medieval references, but I suspect this is a long held >complaint/observation tied in with the idea that women are more religious >than men. >Thanks in advance, > >Kit French > >********************************************************************** >To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME >to: [log in to unmask] >To send a message to the list, address it to: >[log in to unmask] >To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion >to: [log in to unmask] >In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: >[log in to unmask] >For further information, visit our web site: >http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html Thomas M. Izbicki Collection Development Coordinator Eisenhower Library Johns Hopkins University 3400 N. Charles Street Baltimore, MD 21218 Telephone: 410-516-7173 Fax: 410-516-8399 ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html