Women of the church
Subtitle: the religious experience of monastic women
By: Patricia M. Rumsey
Publisher: Columba Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Blackrock, Co Dublin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9781856077484
Subjects: Monasticism and religious orders for women; Monastic and religious life of women
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [274]-288) and index.
Table of contents: title: Early Christian attitudes to women : history and theology; title: The origins and significance of monastic life; title: Harlots and holy women : women's monasticism in the desert; title: "Virgin widows" and "virgin wives" : the late-classical model for holy women; title: Queens and slaves in the early medieval world : women's monasticism in England, Ireland and Gaul; title: "The privilege of having no privileges" : empresses and heiresses in medieval Europe; title: "Veni sponsa Christi" : medieval monastic mystics; title: "Preparing the new paradise" : monastic martyrs; title: Present day women's monasticism : the issue of enclosure.