Pope Gregory and the brides of Christ / by John Martyn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Martyn, John R. C.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gregory I, Pope, approximately 540-604. Registrum epistularum.

Gregory.

Nuns.

Convents.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (169 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, U.K. : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Letters of Gregory the Great, pope from 590 to 604, have long been viewed as an indispensable resource for scholars of the early medieval period. John Martyn's knowledge of these letters is well nigh unsurpassed, In this book he turns his attention to a hitherto neglected subject; those letters of Pope Gregory which pertain to nuns and convents. Despite the fact that scholarship on the Middle Ages has in the last thirty years been transformed by feminist contributions, and there has deve...

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; HISTORICAL BACKGROUND; LIST OF LETTERS; CHAPTER 1; CHAPTER 2; CHAPTER 3; CHAPTER 4; CHAPTER 5; CHAPTER 6; CHAPTER 7; CHAPTER 8; CHAPTER 9; CHAPTER 10; CHAPTER 11; CHAPTER 12; CHAPTER 13; CHAPTER 14; CHAPTER 15; CHAPTER 16; CHAPTER 17; CHAPTER 18; CHAPTER 19; CHAPTER 20; CHAPTER 21; CHAPTER 22; CHAPTER 23; CHAPTER 24; CHAPTER 25; CHAPTER 26; CHAPTER 27; CHAPTER 28; CHAPTER 29; CHAPTER 30; CHAPTER 31; CHAPTER 32; CHAPTER 33; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [97]-106) and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-282-41377-5

9786612413773

1-4438-1450-4

OCLC:

827209193