Woman in the golden ages

Chapter 37: MARCELLA, PAULA, AND THE FIRST CONVENT

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A series of essays surveys the character, social position, and intellectual attainments of women across classical and Renaissance eras, from Greek poetry and Spartan and Athenian life through Roman agitation and early Christian convents to the Italian and French renaissances and salon culture. It highlights notable figures such as Sappho and Aspasia, examines learned women, literary courts, and the emergence of salons, and discusses the limitations of sources and male bias in historical records while aiming to vindicate women's intellectual influence rather than engage contemporary polemics.

MARCELLA, PAULA, AND THE FIRST CONVENT

· Woman’s Need of a Faith ·
· Rome in its Decadence ·
· The Reaction of Roman Women ·
· Marcella · The Church of the Household ·
· Asella · Fabiola · Paula ·
· Eustochium · Blæsilla · St. Jerome · Melania ·
· The Convent at Bethlehem ·
· Translation of the Latin Vulgate ·
· Hebrew Studies · Death of Paula ·
· Tragical Fate of Marcella ·
· Revolution in Roman Society ·
· Spread of Convents · Christian Ideals ·
· Value of Able Women in the Early Church ·
· St. Chrysostom · Olympias ·
· Intellectual Decline of Women in the Dark Ages ·
· Influence of the Renaissance ·
· Condition Tempered by Chivalry ·
· Elevated by the Renaissance ·