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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture In Iceland, sex segregation at (Lutheran) services continued into the 19th if not 20th century, and those churches were SMALL! There is in fact a great miracle in which an old lady who is very pious but doesn't quite understand about the apse falls asleep leaning against the altar (nothing bad happens, but she has a vision which allows the priest to point out that this is not appropriate.) Meg ________________________________________ From: medieval-religion - Scholarly discussions of medieval religious culture [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of Teaching the Secrets of Mary Bowser [[log in to unmask]] Sent: Monday, August 12, 2013 3:57 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [M-R] Sex-segregation at Mass medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Dear Med-Rel list, I'm working on a project in 14th-century northern Italy. I'm wondering how strictly the separation of men and women during Mass was adhered to in practice. Is it possible that at smaller churches families might be together during Mass, as opposed to women being on one side of the church and men on the other? (I know there are cases were lay people poked their curious way into the choir despite the fact that there was supposed to be a strict spatial division keeping them from doing so; I'm wondering if this happened across the apse as well). And if men and women were separate, at what age would a boy go with his father as opposed to staying with his mother during the Mass? Thanks, Lois ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: subscribe 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: unsubscribe 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/medieval-religion ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: subscribe 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: unsubscribe 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/medieval-religion