Bone Gatherers The Lost Worlds of Early Christian Women

Name: Bone Gatherers The Lost Worlds of Early Christian Women
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ISBN: 9780807013090

ISBN-10: 0807013099

ISBN-13: 9780807013090

Edition: 2008

Authors: Nicola Denzey

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A journey through the catacombs to rediscover the powerful pagan and Christian women of ancient Rome When Nicola Denzey leads tour groups into the Roman Catacombs, participants are struck by the splendor of the burial chambers-many of which were created by or for women. In The Bone Gatherers, Denzey uses this archaeological evidence, along with text records, in an unprecedented way: to resurrect the lives of several powerful fourth-century women who, until recently, had been lost to history. Surprisingly, she finds that representations of aristocratic Roman Christian women show a shift in the value and significance of womanhood over the fourth century; these depictions belie a power…

Book details

List price: $18.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication date: 7/1/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 312
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



Abbreviations


Introduction: The Bone Gatherers



Death Takes a Bride



Proba and the Piglet



Waiting in the Afterlife



Praying with Prisca



Petronella Goes to Paradise



The Silent Virgin and the Pale Child



Pope Damasus, Ear Tickler


Epilogue: Turtura's Veil


Acknowledgments


Notes


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Index