Handmaids of the Lord :  contemporary descriptions of feminine asceticism in the first six Christian centuries / 
translated and edited by Joan M. Petersen. 
 - Kalamazoo, Mich. :  Cistercian Publications,  1996. 
 - 441 p. ;  23 cm. 
 - Cistercian studies series ;  143 .
 - Cistercian studies series ;  no. 143. .
<br/><br/> Map on lining papers. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references. 
<br/><br/>Feminine monasticism in the first six Christian centuries -- Macrina : a domestic monastery in Cappadocia -- The life of Saint Macrina / by Gregory of Nyssa -- Letters of Saint Jerome to ascetic women in the Roman Empire -- Marcella, Lea, Asella, and Principia -- Paula the Elder -- Demetrias --Paula the Younger and Pacatula -- Melania the Elder / by Palladius -- Melania the Younger / by Palladius -- The life of the holy Melania / by Gerontius -- The life of Saint Radegunde / by Venantius Fortunatus [and] the nun Baudonivia -- The death and funeral of Radegunde / by Gregory of Tours. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0879075430 (hardcover) 9780879075439 (hardcover) 0879077433 (pbk.) 9780879077433 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>96213136  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Women in Christianity--History--Early church, ca. 30-600--Sources.<br/>Asceticism--History--Early church, ca. 30-600.<br/>Ascetics--Early works to 1800.<br/>Mujeres en el cristianismo--Historia--Iglesia primitiva, ca. 30-600--Fuentes.<br/>Ascetismo--Historia--Iglesia primitiva, ca. 30-600.<br/>Femmes dans le christianisme--Histoire--ca 30-600 (âEglise primitive)--Sources<br/>Ascetisme--Histoire--ca 30-600 (Eglise primitive)<br/>Godgewijde maagden.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BR 195  / H236 1996 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>270.1082