Women and Modesty in Late Antiquity (2019)

Women and Modesty in Late Antiquity This book uses the body of letters and treatises addressed by major Christian thinkers to the women of the Anicia family, as well as comparative evidence from modern Hinduism and Islam, to explore how modesty became a creative and performative mode of being for late Roman Christian ascetic women. Autor: Kate Wilkinson Wydawnictwo: Cambridge University Press Rok wydania: 2019 Okładka: miękka Liczba stron: 184 Wymiary: 23 x 15.3 x 1 cm Ilustracje: Worked examples or Exercises Język: angielski ISBN: 9781108730242