Book contents
- The Single Life in the Roman and Later Roman World
- The Single Life in the Roman and Later Roman World
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Demographic, Archaeological and Socioeconomic Approaches
- Being Single in the Roman World
- Singles in Judaism
- Late Antique Christianity: The Rise of the Ideal of Being Single
- Chapter 11 Singles and Singleness in the Christian Epigraphic Evidence from Rome (c. 300–500 CE)*
- Chapter 12 Different Ways of Life: Being Single in the Fourth Century CE
- Chapter 13 Single Life in Late Antiquity? Virgins between the Earthly and the Heavenly Family
- Chapter 14 Being a Bachelor in Late Antiquity: Desire and Social Norms in the Experience of Augustine
- Chapter 15 Single People in Early Byzantine Literature
- Chapter 16 “Listen to My Mistreatment”: Support Networks for Widows and Divorcées in the Coptic Record
- Comparative Voices
- Bibliography
- General Index
- Index Locorum
- References
Chapter 15 - Single People in Early Byzantine Literature
from Late Antique Christianity: The Rise of the Ideal of Being Single
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 February 2019
Book contents
- The Single Life in the Roman and Later Roman World
- The Single Life in the Roman and Later Roman World
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Demographic, Archaeological and Socioeconomic Approaches
- Being Single in the Roman World
- Singles in Judaism
- Late Antique Christianity: The Rise of the Ideal of Being Single
- Chapter 11 Singles and Singleness in the Christian Epigraphic Evidence from Rome (c. 300–500 CE)*
- Chapter 12 Different Ways of Life: Being Single in the Fourth Century CE
- Chapter 13 Single Life in Late Antiquity? Virgins between the Earthly and the Heavenly Family
- Chapter 14 Being a Bachelor in Late Antiquity: Desire and Social Norms in the Experience of Augustine
- Chapter 15 Single People in Early Byzantine Literature
- Chapter 16 “Listen to My Mistreatment”: Support Networks for Widows and Divorcées in the Coptic Record
- Comparative Voices
- Bibliography
- General Index
- Index Locorum
- References
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- The Single Life in the Roman and Later Roman World , pp. 309 - 319Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019
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