Melania

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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Introduction
Catherine M. Chin and Caroline T. Schroeder

PART ONE. ARISTOCRACY

1. Apostles and Aristocrats
   Catherine M. Chin
2. Namesake and Inheritance
   Christine Luckritz Marquis

3. Exemplary Women
   Caroline T. Schroeder

   PART TWO. BODY AND FAMILY

4. Holy Households
   Maria Doerfler

5. Wounded by Divine Love
   Kristi Upson-Saia

   PART THREE. GENDER AND MEMORY

6. Memories of the Martyrs
   L. Stephanie Cobb

7. The Memory of Melania
   Rebecca Krawiec

   PART FOUR. WISDOM AND HERESY

8. A Life in Letters
   Robin Darling Young
9. Friends and Heretics
   Susanna Drake

10. Posthumous Orthodoxy
    Christine Shepardson

    PART FIVE. IN THE HOLY PLACES

11. The Lost Generation
    Andrew S. Jacobs

12. Sing, O Daughter(s) of Zion
    Stephen J. Shoemaker

    PART SIX. MODERNITIES

13. Afterlives
    Michael Penn
14. Monastic Revivals
    Stephen J. Davis

15. The Future of Sainthood
    Elizabeth A. Castelli
    Afterword
    Randall Styers

    List of Contributors
    Acknowledgments
    Bibliography
    Index