Manichaeism in the Later Roman Empire and Medieval China: A Historical Survey'A unique and thrilling insight into the brilliant mind of Anne Lister' Sally Wainwright, creator of Gentleman JackFemale Fortune is the book which inspired Sally Wainwright to write Gentleman Jack, now a major drama series for the BBC and HBO.Lesbian landowner Anne Lister inherited Shibden Hall in 1826. She was an impressive scholar, fearless traveller and successful businesswoman, even developing her own coalmines. Her extraordinary diaries, running to 4-5 million words, were partly written in her own secret code and recorded her love affairs with startling candour. The diaries were included on UNESCO's Memory of the World Register in 2011.Jill Liddington's classic edition of the diaries tells the story of how Anne Lister wooed and seduced neighbouring heiress Ann Walker, who moved in to live with Anne and her family in 1834. Politically active, Anne Lister door-stepped her tenants at the 1835 Election to vote Tory. And socially very ambitious, she employed architects to redesign both the Hall and the estate.Yet Ann Walker had an inconvenient number of local relatives, suspicious of exactly how Anne Lister could pay for all her grand improvements. Tensions grew to a melodramatic crescendo when news reached Shibden of the pair being burnt in effigy.This 2022 edition includes a fascinating Afterword on the recent discovery of Ann Walker's own diary. Female Fortune is essential reading for those who watched Gentleman Jack and want to know more about the extraordinary woman that was Anne Lister. |
Contents
The gnosis of Mani | 1 |
The apostle of Jesus Christ | 25 |
Manis first missionary journeys | 54 |
Mission and the Manichaean church | 60 |
Commerce and mission | 69 |
The eastward spread of Manichaeism and the death | 78 |
Manichaeism in the Roman empire after the death | 85 |
The state the church and Manichaeism 30283 | 91 |
The most persecuted of heresies | 154 |
From Mesopotamia to Changan | 178 |
Mani the Buddha of Light | 202 |
The Religion of Light in south China ninth | 220 |
List of Abbreviations | 265 |
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Common terms and phrases
Adda al-Nadim anti-Manichaean apostle ascetic Augustine Augustine's Bardaiṣan became Bibliog bishop Buddha Buddhist called Canon Central Asia Ch'en China Chinese Christ Christian church Confucian Coptic CSEL Darkness debate deities Diocletian disciples divine doctrines dynasty Edessa edict Elchasaios Elect emperor Ephraim Epiph evil Fang La Father Faustus Fihrist Flügel followers fourth century fragments Fukien gnostic Gospel Greek haer Hearer heresy heretics hymns Ibid idem imperial Iranian Jesus Keph Khaghan king Klimkeit Lao-tzu later leaders Lieu Mani-Fund Mani's Manichaean Manichaean missionaries Manichaean texts Manichaeism Marcion Marcionite Mesopotamia Middle Persian MMTKGI monks Nestorians Nisibis officials origin pagan Parthian persecution prefecture Priscillian Religion of Light religious Roman empire Rome Sassanian scholars scriptures sect Shāpūr Sogdian soul sources south China Su-lin Sung Syriac T'ang Taoist Tarim Basin teaching temples Traité trans translation Tun-huang Turfan Uighur vegetarian demon worshippers writings Yüan Zoroastrianism