Melania : Early Christianity through the Life of One Family /

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"Melania the Elder and her granddaughter Melania the Younger were major figures in early Christian history, using their wealth, status, and forceful personalities to shape the development of nearly every aspect of the religion we now know as Christianity. This volume examines the influence that...

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Other Authors: Schroeder, Caroline T., 1971- (Editor), Chin, Catherine M., 1972- (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2017]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Melania, > the Younger, Saint, > 385?-439.
Melania, > the Elder, Saint, > 341?-410?
Women in Christianity.
Christian women saints.
HISTORY > Ancient > General.
RELIGION > Christianity > History.
RELIGION > Christian Church > History.
Femmes dans le christianisme > Histoire.
Saintes chretiennes.
Women in Christianity > History.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Aristocracy
  • Body and family
  • Gender and memory
  • Wisdom and heresy
  • In the holy places
  • Modernities.

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