TY  - BOOK
AU  - Petersen,Joan M.
TI  - Handmaids of the Lord: contemporary descriptions of feminine asceticism in the first six Christian centuries 
T2  - Cistercian studies series
SN  - 0879075430 (hardcover)
AV  - BR 195 H236 1996
U1  - 270.1082 
PY  - 1996///
CY  - Kalamazoo, Mich.
PB  - Cistercian Publications
KW  - Women in Christianity
KW  - History
KW  - Early church, ca. 30-600
KW  - Sources
KW  - Asceticism
KW  - Ascetics
KW  - Early works to 1800
KW  - Mujeres en el cristianismo
KW  - Historia
KW  - Iglesia primitiva, ca. 30-600
KW  - Fuentes
KW  - Ascetismo
KW  - Femmes dans le christianisme
KW  - Histoire
KW  - ca 30-600 (âEglise primitive)
KW  - Ascetisme
KW  - ca 30-600 (Eglise primitive)
KW  - Godgewijde maagden
KW  - gtt
N1  - Map on lining papers; Includes bibliographical references; 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
ER  -