Women of Early Christianity
Brittain's historical study of women who played significant roles in the early centuries of Christianity, documenting their contributions to the spread of the gospel, their examples of faith and martyrdom, and their influence on the developing church.
18 Chapters
Table of Contents
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00. Women of Early Christianity
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0000. Introduction
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00000. Preface
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01. I THE WOMEN OF THE GOSPEL NARRATIVE
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02. THE WOMEN OF THE APOSTOLIC AGE
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03. THE ERA OF PERSECUTION
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04. SAINT HELENA AND THE TIME OF CONSTANTINE
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05. POST-NICENE MOTHERS
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06. THE NUNS OF THE PRIMITIVE CHURCH
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07. WOMEN WHO WITNESSED THE FALL OF ROME
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08. WOMEN OF THE FRANKISH CHURCH
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09. THE EMPRESS EUDOXIA
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10. THE RIVAL EMPRESSES--PULCHERIA AND EUDOCIA
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11. THE EMPRESS THEODORA
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12. OTHER SELF-ASSERTING AUGUSTAE--VERINA, ARIADNE, SOPHIA, MARTINA, IRENE
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13. BYZANTINE EMPRESSES THEODORA II., THEOPHANO, ZOE, THEODORA III.
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14. THE PRINCESSES OF THE COMNENI
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15. WOMANHOOD OF THE BYZANTINE DECADENCE