Includes bibliographical references (pages 381-433) and indexes.
Contents:
Saints, setting and context -- Iconography and sources of S. Prassede's decorative cycles -- Women's pastoral offices in churches outside Rome -- Women's pastoral offices in the church of Rome -- Ordination rites, for men only? For women too! -- A second look at myth, history, and monument -- Afterword
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