Women of the church : the religious experience of monastic women /
Patricia M. Rumsey.
Bok Engelsk 2011
| Utgitt | Blackrock, Co Dublin : : Columba Press, , 2011.
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| Omfang | 296 p. : : maps, gen. tables ;
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| Opplysninger | Early Christian attitudes to women : history and theology -- The origins and significance of monastic life -- Harlots and holy women : women's monasticism in the desert -- "Virgin widows" and "virgin wives" : the late-classical model for holy women -- Queens and slaves in the early medieval world : women's monasticism in England, Ireland and Gaul -- "The privilege of having no privileges" : empresses and heiresses in medieval Europe -- "Veni sponsa Christi" : medieval monastic mystics -- "Preparing the new paradise" : monastic martyrs -- Present day women's monasticism : the issue of enclosure.
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| ISBN | 1856077489 (pbk.). - 9781856077484 (pbk.)
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