The virgin and the bride
Latin Authors
Roman World
Christian hagiography
Latin literature, history and criticism
Littérature chrétienne primitive
Femmes dans la littérature
Littérature et société
Latin literature
Christianity and literature
Early Christian literature
Femmes et littérature
Women in literature
Literature and society
Letterkunde
Vrouwen
Women and literature
Femmes
Histoire et critique
Literature
Women
History and criticism
History
During the last centuries of the Roman Empire, the prevailing ideal of feminine virtue was radically transformed: the pure but fertile heroines of Greek and Roman romance were replaced by a Christian heroine who ardently refused the marriage bed. How this new concept and figure of purity is connecte…
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