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How and why did virginity come to play such a crucial part in the Christian Church in the formative and defining period of Late Antiquity? Sissel Undheim analyzes the negotiations over what constituted virginity and assesses its socio-religious value in fourth-century Rome by looking at those at the very margins of virginity and non-virginity. The Church Fathers' efforts

Title : Borderline Virginities: Sacred and Secular Virgins in Late Antiquity
Author : Sissel Undheim
Language : en
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