{"product_id":"melania-the-younger-from-rome-to-jerusalem-9780190888237","title":"Melania the Younger: From Rome to Jerusalem","description":"\u003cem\u003eMelania the Younger: From Rome to Jerusalem \u003c\/em\u003eexplores the richly detailed story of Melania, an early fifth-century Roman Christian aristocrat who renounced her staggering wealth to lead a life of ascetic renunciation. Hers is a tale of riches to rags. Born to high Roman aristocracy in the\u003cbr\u003elate fourth century, Melania encountered numerous difficulties posed by family members, Roman officials, and historical circumstances in disposing of her wealth, property (spread across at least eight Roman provinces), and thousands of slaves. Leaving Rome with her entourage a few years before\u003cbr\u003eAlaric the Goth's sack of Rome in 410, she journeyed to Sicily, then to North Africa, finally settling in Jerusalem-all while founding monasteries along the way. Towards the end of her life, she traveled to Constantinople (present-day Istanbul) in an attempt to convert to Christianity her\u003cbr\u003estill-pagan uncle, who was on a state mission to the eastern Roman court. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThroughout her life, she was accustomed to meet and be assisted by emperors and empresses, bishops, and other high dignitaries. Embracing a fairly extreme asceticism, Melania died in Jerusalem in 439. A new English translation of her \u003cem\u003eLife\u003c\/em\u003e, composed by a long-time assistant who succeeded her in the\u003cbr\u003edirection of the male and female monasteries in Jerusalem, accompanies this biographical study.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eElizabeth A. Clark\u003c\/strong\u003e is John Carlisle Kilgo Professor, Emerita, at Duke University. Her previous books include \u003cem\u003eHistory, Theory, Text; Reading Renunciation\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eFounding the Fathers\u003c\/em\u003e; and \u003cem\u003eThe Fathers Refounded\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50567781613842,"sku":"9780190888237","price":38.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b36a235a-0cb5-4b3c-a2b3-9bc5185a0265.jpg?v=1731928598","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/melania-the-younger-from-rome-to-jerusalem-9780190888237","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}