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Handmaids of the Lord : contemporary descriptions of feminine asceticism in the first six Christian centuries / translated and edited by Joan M. Petersen.

Contributor(s): Petersen, Joan M. (Joan Margaret), 1914-
Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Greek, Ancient (to 1453), Latin Series: Cistercian studies series: no. 143.Publisher: Kalamazoo, Mich. : Cistercian Publications, 1996Description: 441 pages ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0879075430; 0879077433 (pbk.)Subject(s): Women in Christianity -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600 -- Sources | Asceticism -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600 | Ascetics -- Early works to 1800DDC classification: 270.1/082 LOC classification: BR195.W6 | H36 1996Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references.
Partial contents:
Feminine monasticism in the first six Christian centuries -- Macrina : a domestic monastery in Cappadocia -- The life of Saint Macrina / by Gregory of Nyssa -- Letters of Saint Jerome to ascetic women in the Roman Empire -- Marcella, Lea, Asella, and Principia -- Paula the Elder -- Demetrias --Paula the Younger and Pacatula -- Melania the Elder / by Palladius -- Melania the Younger / by Palladius -- The life of the holy Melania / by Gerontius -- The life of Saint Radegunde / by Venantius Fortunatus [and] the nun Baudonivia -- The death and funeral of Radegunde / by Gregory of Tours.

Map on lining papers.

Includes bibliographical references.

Feminine monasticism in the first six Christian centuries -- Macrina : a domestic monastery in Cappadocia -- The life of Saint Macrina / by Gregory of Nyssa -- Letters of Saint Jerome to ascetic women in the Roman Empire -- Marcella, Lea, Asella, and Principia -- Paula the Elder -- Demetrias --Paula the Younger and Pacatula -- Melania the Elder / by Palladius -- Melania the Younger / by Palladius -- The life of the holy Melania / by Gerontius -- The life of Saint Radegunde / by Venantius Fortunatus [and] the nun Baudonivia -- The death and funeral of Radegunde / by Gregory of Tours.

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