An Inquiry into the Relationship between Community and Text: Narratives and Iconography Depicting Christian Women with Authority in Late Antiquity

Some early Christian writers around the Mediterranean in Late Antiquity (second- to eighth-century) depicted Mary, the mother of Jesus, and other women, both imperial and non-imperial, in both East and West, as church leaders, apostles, and priests. Over time scribes and artists transformed these early depictions into female caricatures that reinforced a very different system of values with respect to female agency. This study uses changes in texts, both narrative and iconographic, to illuminate subtly changing cycles of gender politics within the larger cultural and historical context of Late Antiquity.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D. (Doctor of Philosophy)

Level thesis:degree_level

Doctoral

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

History (UMKC)

Grantor

University of Missouri--Kansas City

Year dc:date.issued

2017

Author dc:creator

• Kateusz, Allisyn

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Vitiello, Massimiliano

Handle dc:identifier.uri

https://hdl.handle.net/10355/86704

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:mospace.umsystem.edu:10355/86704