Melania

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Early Christianity through the Life of One Family

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Melania explores the lives and legacies of Melania the Elder and her granddaughter Melania the Younger, key figures in early Christian history. Utilising their wealth and influence, they helped shape many facets of Christianity during the Roman Empire's transformation. This volume offers a nuanced view that challenges patriarchal narratives, revealing the significant role women played in the rise of Christian institutions.
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This volume is ideal for advanced graduate students, scholars, and specialists in Late Antiquity, early Christianity, and gender studies. It also appeals to readers interested in the historical role of women within religious and cultural transformations.

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Melania the Elder and her granddaughter Melania the Younger were major figures in early Christian history, using their wealth, status, and forceful personalities to shape the development of nearly every aspect of the religion we now know as Christianity.

This volume examines their influence on late antique Christianity and provides an insightful portrait of their legacies in the modern world. Departing from the traditionally patriarchal view, Melania gives a poignant and sometimes surprising account of how the rise of Christian institutions in the Roman Empire shaped our understanding of women’s roles in the larger world.

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The book is praised for its comprehensive and interdisciplinary approach, offering a 'thick description' of late antique Christianity through the lives of the two Melanias. Reviewers highlight its value for advanced scholars and graduate students, especially those interested in asceticism, sexuality, gender studies, and Late Antiquity. It's noted as a wide-ranging and coherent scholarly collection that provides fresh methods of research and supports rethinking cultural biography.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780520379213

Publisher: University of California Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 27 October 2020

Country: United States

Imprint: University of California Press

Contributors:

Edited by Catherine Michael Chin
Edited by Caroline T. Schroeder

Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 20.0mm

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 229.0mm

Weight: 499g

Pages: 344

Collections

Ancient & Classical History Global History History & Archaeology History & Military Non-Fiction Religion & Spirituality Series: Christianity in Late Antiquity

About the Author

Catherine M. Chin is Associate Professor of Classics at the University of California, Davis and author of Grammar and Christianity in the Late Roman World.

Caroline T. Schroeder is Professor of Religious Studies at the University of the Pacific and author of Monastic Bodies: Discipline and Salvation in Shenoute of Atripe.