Gender and religion. European studies. Genre et religion. Etudes européennes

Introductionby Sara CabibboPart One / Première PartieAncient World / Haute AntiquitéAt the Roots of Women's Exclusion from the Public Sphere' The Heritage of the Aristotelian 'oikos'by Eva Maria MaierThe Heritage of Old Testament ImPurity Laws: Gender as a Question of How to Focus on Women by Ursula RappWhy Should the Law Protect Roman Women'Some Remarks on the Senatus Consultum Velleianum (ca. 50 A.D.)by Nikolaus BenkePart Two / Deuxième PartieLate Antiquity and Early Christianity / L'antiquité tardive et les origines du christianisme Man is the Measure of all Things : Gender and Integration in Paul's ekklesia by Jorunn Økland'The Virgin whom the Powers did not Defile': Thoughts about Gender and Salvation in the Gnostic TextThe Nature of the Archons Le rôle de la femme chez les Pères latinspar Johannes DivjakMarcelline, la soeur de St. Ambroise et les vierges chrétienne par Michaela Zelzer Women Promoting Literary Inculturation : A Case Study of the Aristocratic Roman Matron Faltonia Betitia Proba and Her Biblical Epicby Michael Margoni-KöglerThe Church as 'oikos': Main Canonical Consequences by Eva Maria SynekWomen and Travelling in Early Christian Texts: Some Aspects of a Problem by Elena Giannarelli Supporters of Faith, Influencial Through Charity: Religious Concern and Social Visibility of Saintly Noblewomen in Later Roman Empireby Franca Ela Consolino Part Three / Troisième PartieWestern Middle Ages / L'Occident médiéval Matristics : Ancient and Medieval Church Mothers by Kari Elisabeth Børresen Women in Civil and Canon Law from Early to Late Middle Ages by Maria Teresa Guerra Medici The Double Impact of Christianization for Women inOld Norse Culture by Else Mundal Two Models of Marriage' Canon Law and Icelandic Marriage Practice in the Late Middle Ages by Agnes S. ArnórsdóttirPart Four / Quatrième PartieEarly Modern Europe / L'Europe de l'âge moderne Social Identity and Religious Identity : The Case of Isabella Farnese (1593-1651)by Stefano AndrettaLa reprise d'un ancien topos dans l'Italie de la Contre-Réforme: la veuve chrétienne par Sara Cabibbo A New Religious Congregation for Women : The Model of Maestre Pie during 17th and 18th Centuries by Marina Caffiero Gender Models in Europe in the 18th Century by Else WiestadPart Five / Cinquième PartieContemporary Societies / Les sociétés contemporaines Gender Perspectives in the History of the « History of Religions »by Katrine Lund OreWomen's History and Religious History in Italy: The Reasons for an Allianceby Anna Calissano Gender and Religionby Birgit Heller List of Contributors