Research Catalog

Title

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

Publication

Kalamazoo, Mich. : Cistercian Publications, 1996.

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Details

Additional Authors

Petersen, Joan M. (Joan Margaret), 1914-

Description

441 p.; 23 cm.

Series Statement

Cistercian studies series ; 143

Uniform Title

Cistercian studies series ; no. 143.

Subject

• Women in Christianity > History > Early church, ca. 30-600 > Sources
• Asceticism > History > Early church, ca. 30-600
• Ascetics > Early works to 1800

Note

• Map on lining papers.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

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.

Call Number

JFD 00-1887

ISBN

• 0879075430 (hardcover)
• 0879077433 (pbk.)

LCCN

96213136

OCLC

34947440

Title

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

Imprint

Kalamazoo, Mich. : Cistercian Publications, 1996.

Series

Cistercian studies series ; 143

Cistercian studies series ; no. 143.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Added Author

Petersen, Joan M. (Joan Margaret), 1914-

Research Call Number

JFD 00-1887