Vie de sainte Mélanie

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The rhetoric of the pious empire and the rhetoric of flight from the world: a socio-rhetorical reading of the life of Melania…

by Jeon, Kyung-Mee

fromEarly Christianity in the Context of Antiquity

0 Type: Book

This book aims to shed new light on asceticism of the heart and imperial Christian aspects in the ascetic life of Melania the Younger, in particular, and of a specific group of Roman aristocratic ascetic women, in general. The author draws on the examination of rhetorical langua…