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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. Peterson.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Cistercian studies series ; no. 143.
- Cistercian studies series
- Language:
- English
- Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
- Latin
- Subjects (All):
- Christian women saints--Biography--Early works to 1800.
- Christian women saints.
- Christian women saints--Biography.
- Ascetics--Biography--Early works to 1800.
- Ascetics.
- Monastic and religious life of women.
- Women--Religious life.
- History.
- Women--Religious life--History--Early works to 1800.
- Women.
- Monastic and religious life of women--Early works to 1800.
- Monastic and religious life of women--History--Early church, ca. 30-600.
- Asceticism--History--Early church, ca. 30-600.
- Asceticism.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 441 pages : map ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Kalamazoo, Mich. : Cistercian Publications, 1996.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 435-441)
- ISBN:
- 0879075430
- 0879077433
- OCLC:
- 34947440
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