Female Authority and Holiness in Early and Medieval Christianity

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Female Authority and Holiness in Early and Medieval Christianity is written by Maria Dell’Isola and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 3110781123 (ISBN 10) and 9783110781120 (ISBN 13).

This collective volume investigates the connection between women’s holiness and the notion of time from a diachronic perspective. By looking at temporality as intertwined with the construction of social and gendered roles, the volume analyses narratives related to the varying articulation of female authority, considered against the wider background of Christian ideals of holiness between early Christianity and Byzantium.