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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.

Christian women saints. --- Women in Christianity --- Women in Christianity. --- History. --- Melania, --- Christian women saints --- History --- Christian saints, Women --- Women Christian saints --- Christian saints --- Women saints --- Women in Christianity - History --- Melania iunior, matrona Romana --- Melania, - the Elder, Saint, - 341?-410 --- Melania, - the Younger, Saint, - 385?-439 --- ancient history. --- ancient world. --- antiquity. --- asceticism. --- augustine. --- bishop. --- catholicism. --- chantbook. --- christian history. --- christianity. --- church history. --- constantinian. --- early christian history. --- feminism. --- gender norms. --- gender studies. --- gender. --- history. --- melania the elder. --- melania the younger. --- nonfiction. --- patriarchal religion. --- patriarchy. --- religion. --- religious women. --- roman empire. --- sexuality. --- spirituality. --- women and religion. --- women. --- womens studies.