02267cam a2200409 a 45000010006000000050017000060080041000230100017000640350023000810400075001040200027001790200030002060200022002360200025002580350020002830410016003030500022003190820013003410840015003542450161003692600056005303000021005864900037006075000026006445040041006705050594007116500071013056500051013766500035014276500082014626500056015446500085016006500054016856500029017397000047017688300042018158650820230410142329.0960618s1996    miu      b    000 0 eng    a   96213136   a(OCoLC)ocm34947440  aDLCcDLCdCUFdIXAdOCLdMUQdBAKERdNLGGCdBTCTAdYDXCPdOCLCGdCNTRU  a0879075430 (hardcover)  a9780879075439 (hardcover)  a0879077433 (pbk.)  a9780879077433 (pbk.)  a(OCoLC)349474401 aenghgrclat14aBR 195bH236 199600a270.1082  a11.512bcl00aHandmaids of the Lord :bcontemporary descriptions of feminine asceticism in the first six Christian centuries /ctranslated and edited by Joan M. Petersen.  aKalamazoo, Mich. :bCistercian Publications,c1996.  a441 p. ;c23 cm.1 aCistercian studies series ;v143  aMap on lining papers.  aIncludes bibliographical references.2 aFeminine 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. 0aWomen in ChristianityxHistoryyEarly church, ca. 30-600vSources. 0aAsceticismxHistoryyEarly church, ca. 30-600. 0aAsceticsvEarly works to 1800. 4aMujeres en el cristianismoxHistoriayIglesia primitiva, ca. 30-600vFuentes. 4aAscetismoxHistoriayIglesia primitiva, ca. 30-600. 6aFemmes dans le christianismexHistoireyca 30-600 (âEglise primitive)vSources 6aAscetismexHistoireyca 30-600 (Eglise primitive)17aGodgewijde maagden.2gtt1 aPetersen, Joan M.q(Joan Margaret),d1914- 0aCistercian studies series ;vno. 143.