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Hroswitha's The Conversion Of The Harlot Thais

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During the middle ages, a perfect woman was not the one who baked the best pies, had the most orderly house, or well-behaved children all while keeping in perfect shape, but was instead a woman who was pious, loving, and charitable. Hroswitha’s The Conversion of the Harlot Thais, Thais is an imperfect woman living in sin and Father Pafnutius takes it upon himself to save her soul by throwing her in the prison of an abbey for three years. She is finally redeemed and “perfect” according to Paul’s vision in which the Divine tells him, “This glory is not as you hope for Antonius, but for Thais the whore.” Upon her release, Father Pafnutius tells her to “remain steadfast in fearing God, and continue loving Him forever” in order achieve heaven;

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