Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Transliteration -- Introduction -- 1 Scope -- 2 The Fifth Century -- 3 Two Traditions of the Christianisation of Armenia -- 4 Previous Research -- 5 Nature of the Texts: Representation versus Lived Reality -- 6 In Comparison with Other Traditions -- 7 Structure of the Book -- 8 Brief Overview of the Primary Sources -- part i: Context -- 1 Women in Pre-Christian Arsacid Armenia -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Armenian Society in the First-Fourth Centuries CE -- 3 The Institution of the Family -- 4 Customary Law -- 5 The Pre-Christian Religion of Armenia -- 6 Conclusion -- part ii: Representation -- 2 The Representation of St Sanduxt in The Martyrdom of St Thaddeus and Sanduxt -- 1 Introduction -- 2 St Thecla as a Literary Model for Armenian Authors -- 3 The Representation of Sanduxt -- 4 Additional Remarks -- 5 Conclusion -- 3 Women in Agat'angełos' History of the Armenians -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Literary Aspects of the Text -- 3 The Prologue and the Life -- 4 The Representation of Hṙip'simē and Her Companions -- 5 The Teaching -- 6 Xosroviduxt and Ašxēn -- 7 Conclusion -- 4 The Early Armenian Church and Female Asceticism -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Female Asceticism in the Greco-Syriac Sources -- 3 Female Asceticism in the Fifth-Century Armenian Texts -- 4 Conclusion -- part iii: Lived Reality -- 5 Women in Society: Spaces, Roles, and Everyday Life -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Physical Spaces -- 3 Women as Educators -- 4 Glimpses of Everyday Life -- 5 Conclusion -- 6 Marriage in Early Christian Armenia -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Different Traditions -- 3 Local Customs -- 4 Marriage Patterns of the Armenian Elite -- 5 Widowhood -- 6 Women in the Šahapivan Canons: Additional Remarks -- 7 Conclusion -- 7 Queenship in Arsacid Armenia -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Queen's Title -- 3 Symbolic Attributes of Authority -- 4 The Queen's Authority -- 5 The Exercise of Power -- 6 Court Intrigues -- 7 Conclusion -- 8 Violence against Women -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The System of Honour and Shame -- 3 The Epic Histories -- 4 Domestic Violence -- 5 Conclusion -- Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Index.
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