Servants of God, Slaves of the Church: Service as Religious Metaphor and Social Reality in Early Medieval Europe - Hardcover
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Servants of God, Slaves of the Church: Service as Religious Metaphor and Social Reality in Early Medieval Europe
In Servants of God, Slaves of the Church, Lisa Kaaren Bailey uncovers the surprising intimacy between sacred devotion and coerced labor in early medieval Europe. From queens who scrubbed monastery floors to enslaved women forced into lifelong service, acts of humility and acts of subjugation often looked the same and were interpreted through the same religious lens. Drawing from sermons, letters,...
Lisa Kaaren Bailey is Associate Professor of Classics and Ancient History and History at the University of Auckland. She is the author of The Religious Worlds of the Laity in Late Antique Gaul and Christianity's Quiet Success.
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