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Women and Modesty in Late Antiquity Wilkinson, Kate (Towson State University, Maryland)
Women and Modesty in Late Antiquity
Wilkinson, Kate (Towson State University, Maryland)
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.
184 pages
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | March 30, 2015 |
| ISBN13 | 9781107030275 |
| Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
| Genre | Chronological Period > Ancient (To 499 A.d.) |
| Pages | 186 |
| Dimensions | 159 × 236 × 18 mm · 404 g |
| Language | English |