Holy Women of Byzantium: Ten Saints' Lives in English Translation by Alice-Mary Talbot

Holy Women of Byzantium: Ten Saints' Lives in English Translation

Alice-Mary Talbot

351 pages first pub 1996 (editions)

nonfiction biography history religion challenging informative slow-paced
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These ten holy women, whose vitae range from the tenth to the thirteenth centuries, represent a wide variety of Byzantine female saints. From nuns disguised as monks to desert harlots, these holy women exemplify some of the divergent paths to sanc...

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