Melania the Younger : from Rome to Jerusalem

1. Verfasser: Clark, Elizabeth A. (Elizabeth Ann), 1938-2021 , [VerfasserIn]
Gerontius Hierosolymitanus, c. 396-480/485 , [VerfasserIn]
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2021]
Umfang/Format: xviii, 285 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Schriftenreihe: Women in antiquity
ISBN: 9780190888220
0190888229
9780190888237
0190888237
Schlagworte:
Standort: NLI BR1720.M37
Parallelausgabe: Clark, Elizabeth A.,, Melania the Younger (Online version:) | ISSN: 9780190888251
Inhaltsangabe:
  • One: Finding Melania
  • Two: Rome: empire, city, and church
  • Three: Aristocracy, family, and property
  • Four: Pagans and Christians in late ancient Rome
  • Five: Ascetic renunciation
  • Six: Exiting Rome and the sack of the city
  • Seven: To Sicily and North Africa
  • Eight: To Jerusalem
  • Nine: To Constantinople and back
  • Translation: The life of Saint Melania the Younger.