The Virgin and the Bride : Idealized Womanhood in Late Antiquity
by
Kate Cooper
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0674939506
ISBN-13
9780674939509
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Imprint
Harvard University Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
May 15th, 1999
Print length
192 Pages
Weight
296 grams
Dimensions
15.20 x 22.70 x 1.50 cms
Product Classification:
Literary studies: classical, early & medievalThe Early ChurchGender studies: women
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During the last centuries of the Roman Empire, the prevailing ideal of feminine virtue was radically transformed: the pure but fertile heroines of Greek and Roman romance were replaced by a Christian heroine who ardently refused the marriage bed. Cooper explores how this new concept connected with and abetted social and religious change.
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