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Holy feast and holy fast: the religious significance of food to medieval women
Caroline Walker Bynum
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Frontmatter
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LIST OF PLATES (page ix)
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PREFACE (page xiii)
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INTRODUCTION (page 1)
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Part I: The Background
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1 RELIGIOUS WOMEN IN THE LATER MIDDLE AGES (page 13)
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2 FAST AND FEAST: THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND (page 31)
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Part II: The Evidence
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3 FOOD AS A FEMALE CONCERN: THE COMPLEXITY OF THE EVIDENCE (page 73)
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4 FOOD IN THE LIVES OF WOMEN SAINTS (page 113)
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5 FOOD IN THE WRITINGS OF WOMEN MYSTICS (page 150)
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Part III: The Explanation
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6 FOOD AS CONTROL OF SELF (page 189)
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7 FOOD AS CONTROL OF CIRCUMSTANCE (page 219)
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8 THE MEANING OF FOOD: FOOD AS PHYSICALITY (page 245)
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9 WOMAN AS BODY AND AS FOOD (page 260)
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10 WOMEN'S SYMBOLS (page 277)
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EPILOGUE (page 297)
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LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS (page 303)
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NOTES (page 307)
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GENERAL INDEX (page 421)
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INDEX OF SECONDARY AUTHORS (page 435)
Journal Abbreviation | Label | URL |
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AHR | 94.3 (Jun. 1989): 735-737 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/1873794 |
SP | 64.1 (Jan. 1989): 143-147 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/2852201 |
WRB | 5.2 (Nov. 1987): 22-23 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/4020096 |
JSocH | 21.3 (Spring 1998): 597-599 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/3787622 |
ENHR | 105.415 (Apr. 1990): 429-431 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/570874 |
JAAR | 56.3 (Autumn 1998): 562-564 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/1463974 |
CH | 57.2 (Jun. 1998): 225-227 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/3167198 |
JIH | 19.4 (Spring 1989)L 635-644 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/203959 |
HR | 28.1 (Aug. 1988): 90-92 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/1062169 |
Citable Link
Published: c1987
Publisher: University of California Press
- 9780520057227 (hardcover)
- 9780520908789 (ebook)
- 9780520063297 (paper)