Shannon McSheffrey studies the communities of the late medieval English heretics, the Lollards, and presents unexpected conclusions about the precise ways in which gender shaped participation and interaction within the movement.
Shannon McSheffrey is Associate Professor of History at Concordia University in Montreal and author of three other books, including Marriage, Sex, and Civic Culture in Late Medieval London, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press.
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Acknowledgments
1. Introduction
2. The Lollards of Coventry
3. The Lollard Communities
4. Lollards and the Family
5. Gender and Social Status
6. Conclusion: Lollardy, Gender, and Late Medieval Religious Culture
Appendix: The Lollard Communities
Notes
Works Cited
Index
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