Handmaids of the Lord
Contemporary Descriptions of Feminine Asceticism in the First Six Christian Centuries
Published on 30. April 2010
Book
Hardback
441 pages
978-1-60724-211-6 (ISBN)
Description
Throughout the Christian world, women have chosen to lead disciplined lives of prayer and asceticism. Descriptions of early role-models-Macrina, the two Paulas and Melanias, Radagunde-and others by contemporaries, usually men, provide details of their austerities, their aspirations, and their relationship with the Church and the world, not least with male authority figures.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Piscataway
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-60724-211-6 (9781607242116)
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