The Virgin and the Bride: Idealized Womanhood in Late Antiquity

The Virgin and the Bride: Idealized Womanhood in Late Antiquity
ISBN-10
0674939506
ISBN-13
9780674939509
Category
History
Pages
198
Language
English
Published
1999
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Author
Kate Cooper

Description

Rejecting Roman feminine virtue in its pure form, Christianity claimed a moral superiority in its ideals of romance, and portrayed women seeking more spiritual goals. Cooper studies how this connected with social and religious change.

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