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1. 1. Woman Monks of Coptic and Christian Hagiography

   Kandidat-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

   Författare :Madeléne Tjernqvist; [2017]
   Nyckelord :Woman monks; Coptic; Christianity; hagiography; Hilaria; saints;

   Sammanfattning : Woman monks are not uncommon to find in Coptic and other hagiographic literature. They were described to dress into male attire and travel to anchoritic monasteries where they would get a single cell to devote their lives to God through seclusion, prayers, fasting, meditation, studies, and other daily chores, all the while not being known as women by most of the men in their brethren. LÄS MER