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Melania : Early Christianity through the Life of One Family / Catherine Michael Chin, Caroline T. Schroeder.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Christianity in late antiquity (North American Patristics Society) ; 2.
- Christianity in Late Antiquity ; 3
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women in Christianity--History.
- Women in Christianity.
- Christian women saints.
- Melania, the Younger, Saint, 385?-439.
- Melania.
- Melania, the Elder, Saint, 341?-410?.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (339 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2016]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Melania the Elder and her granddaughter Melania the Younger were major figures in early Christian history, using their wealth, status, and forceful personalities to shape the development of nearly every aspect of the religion we now know as Christianity. This volume examines their influence on late antique Christianity and provides an insightful portrait of their legacies in the modern world. Departing from the traditionally patriarchal view, Melania gives a poignant and sometimes surprising account of how the rise of Christian institutions in the Roman Empire shaped our understanding of women's roles in the larger world.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1. Apostles and Aristocrats
- 2. Namesake and Inheritance
- 3. Exemplary Women
- 4. Holy Households
- 5. Wounded by Divine Love
- 6. Memories of the Martyrs
- 7. The Memory of Melania
- 8. A Life in Letters
- 9. Friends and Heretics
- 10. Posthumous Orthodoxy
- 11. The Lost Generation
- 12. Sing, O Daughter(s) of Zion
- 13. Afterlives
- 14. Monastic Revivals
- 15. The Future of Sainthood
- Afterword
- List of Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Bibliography
- Index
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)
- ISBN:
- 9780520965638
- 0520965639
- OCLC:
- 948670853
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