Sacred legacy : ancient writings from nine women of strength and honor /

Sacred legacy : ancient writings from nine women of strength and honor / [print] edited by] Myrna Grant. - Grand Rapids, Michigan : Baker Books, (c)2003. - 138 pages ; 22 cm.



Perpetua : new mother and martyr -- Egeria : pilgrim historian -- Dhuoda : royal prisoner -- Hildegard : genius reformer -- Mechthild : independent rebel -- Marguerite Porete : "heretic" martyr -- Julian : loving hermit -- Catherine : diplomat and teacher -- Teresa : reformer and visionary.



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Christian women--Religious life.
Christian women saints--History--To 1500.

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