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Author

Denzey, Nicola Frances, 1966-

Title The bone gatherers : the lost worlds of early Christian women / Nicola Denzey.

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Boston, Mass. : Beacon Press, c2007.

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe 3rd Floor Stacks	274.563201 D438b 2007	---	Available

Description	xxi, 290 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-272) and index.
Contents	Death takes a bride -- Proba and the piglet -- Waiting in the afterlife -- Praying with Prisca -- Petronella goes to paradise -- The silent virgin and the pale child -- Pope Damasus, ear tickler.
Subject	Women in Christianity -- History -- Early church, approximately 30-600.
	Christian women -- Rome -- History.
	Women -- History -- To 500.
	Funeral rites and ceremonies -- Rome.
ISBN	9780807013090 (pbk. : alk. paper)
	0807013099 (pbk. : alk. paper)
	9780807013083 (hardcover : alk. paper)
	0807013080 (hardcover : alk. paper)