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From queens to slaves : Pope Gregory's special concern for women / by John R. C. Martyn.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Martyn, John R. C.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Women in the Catholic Church--History--To 1500.
Popes--Correspondence.
Gregory I, Pope, approximately 540-604--Correspondence.
Gregory I, Pope, approximately 540-604--Relations with women--Sources.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (232 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Other Title:
Pope Gregory's special concern for women
Place of Publication:
Newcastle Upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2011.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
The book is based on the author's very careful study of all the women who were involved with the normally extremely busy and painfully sick Pope Gregory the Great, many of them staying with him in Rome while he sorted out their mainly legal cases, and one of them, Theoctista, the learned sister of the Emperor Maurice, receiving the longest letter that he ever wrote to any individual. The consular son of the great Boethius, Flavius, was the father of Lady Rusticiana, who received several lette...
Contents:
TABLE OF CONTENTS; PREFACE; HISTORICAL BACKGROUND; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; CHAPTER NINE; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX OF NAMES
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-210) and index.
ISBN:
9786613436221
9781283436229
1283436221
9781443834346
1443834343
OCLC:
830168013

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