List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Part I Women of the Clementina; Chapter 1: What is The Sorrows of Mattidia?; Chapter 2: Women of the Clementina; Chapter 3: Women and gender relations in the community of Peter; Chapter 4: Sylvia’s gift; Part II The Sorrows ofMattidia; Chapter 5: The Sorrows of Mattidia: Author, text, bibliography, and translation; Chapter 6: The Sorrows of Mattidia – Translated by Jenni Irving with Curtis Hutt; Bibliography; Index