Divided Loyalties? Pushing the Boundaries of Gender and Lay Roles in the Catholic Church, 1534-1829

1. Introduction: Devout Outlaws
Lisa McClain

Part I. Pushing the Boundaries of Gender

2. The New Normal
Lisa McClain

3. Disobedient Women
Lisa McClain

4. Wodehouse’s Choice
Lisa McClain

5. Amending the Marriage Contract
Lisa McClain

Part II. Pushing the Boundaries of Religion

6. The “Good Catholic”
Lisa McClain

7. Sharing the Job: Cooperation Between the Priesthood and Laity
Lisa McClain

8. Where the Catholic Church Draws the Line: Mary Ward vs. the Catholic Priesthood
Lisa McClain

Keywords: History, History of Britain and Ireland, History of Religion, Religion and Gender, Social History, Gender Studies