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Genre/Form: | History |
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Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Lynn H Cohick; Amy Brown Hughes |
ISBN: | 9780801039553 080103955X |
OCLC Number: | 961154751 |
Description: | xxxviii, 292 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm |
Contents: | Thecla : Christian female protomartyr and virgin of the church -- Perpetua and Felicitas : mothers and martyrs -- Christian women in catacomb art -- From pagan to Christian, martyr to ascetic -- Helena Augusta, "mother of the empire" -- Egeria's Itinerary and Christian pilgrimage -- Macrina the ascetic entrepreneur and the "unlearned" wisdom of Monica -- Paula, Marcella, and the Melanias : ascetics, scholars, and compatriots in controversy -- Aelia Pulcheria, "protectress of the empire," and Empress Eudocia, a theological poet -- Conclusion: Responsibly remembering. |
Responsibility: | Lynn H. Cohick and Amy Brown Hughes. |
Abstract:
Illuminates the influence, authority, and legacy of women in the early Christian centuries, showing how they helped shape Christianity in its beliefs and practices.
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