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Handmaids of the Lord

Contemporary Descriptions of Feminine Asceticism in the First Six Christian Centuries [Paperback]

by Joan B. Peterson

    • Author

      Joan B. Peterson

    • Book Format

      Paperback

    • Publisher

      Cistercian Publications Inc.,U.S.

    • Published

      January 1989

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      All around the Roman world--in the Greek East and the Latin West, in Asia Minor, North Africa, Egypt, the Holy Land, Italy, and Gaul--widows, virgins, and sometimes matrons lived ascetic, celibate and devout lives either in community or in their own households. They created a powerful tradition which exerts an influence down to the present time.

      We see these women chiefly through the eyes of men who paid them the intended compliment of calling them 'virile', often simultaneously admonishing them to beware the attentions of lecherous men and foolish women. Descriptions of their lives were intended to serve both as a tribute to their 'manly' austerity and as a model to be emulated. In this volume, the only woman's voice is that of a Gallic nun.

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      • Author

        Joan B. Peterson

      • Book Format

        Paperback

      • Publisher

        Cistercian Publications Inc.,U.S.

      • Published

        January 1989

      • Weight

        652g

      • Page Count

        441

      • Dimensions

        141 x 216 x 26 mm

      • ISBN

        9780879077433

      • ISBN-10

        0879077433

      • Eden Code

        1168203

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      • Author/Creator: Joan B. Peterson

      • ISBN: 9780879077433

      • Publisher: Cistercian Publications Inc.,U.S.

      • Release Date: January 1989

      • Weight: 652g

      • Dimensions: 141 x 216 x 26 mm

      • Eden Code: 1168203


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