9781137479631-1137479639-Saint Perpetua across the Middle Ages: Mother, Gladiator, Saint (The New Middle Ages)

Saint Perpetua across the Middle Ages: Mother, Gladiator, Saint (The New Middle Ages)

ISBN-13: 9781137479631
ISBN-10: 1137479639
Edition: 1st ed. 2016
Author:
Publication date: 2016
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Format: Hardcover 180 pages
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ISBN-13: 9781137479631
ISBN-10: 1137479639
Edition: 1st ed. 2016
Author:
Publication date: 2016
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Format: Hardcover 180 pages

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Saint Perpetua across the Middle Ages: Mother, Gladiator, Saint (The New Middle Ages) (ISBN-13: 9781137479631 and ISBN-10: 1137479639), written by authors , was published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2016. With an overall rating of 4.4 stars, it's a notable title among other Christian Books & Bibles books. You can easily purchase or rent Saint Perpetua across the Middle Ages: Mother, Gladiator, Saint (The New Middle Ages) (Hardcover) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Christian Books & Bibles books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.43.

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This study traces the genealogy of Saint Perpetua’s story with a straightforward yet previously overlooked question at its center: How was Perpetua remembered and to what uses was that memory put? One of the most popular and venerated saints from 200 CE to the thirteenth century, the story of Saint Perpetua was retold in dramatically different forms across the European Middle Ages. Her story begins in the arena at Carthage: a 22-year-old nursing mother named Vibia Perpetua was executed for being a Christian, leaving behind a self-authored account of her time in prison leading up to her martyrdom. By turns loving mother, militant gladiator, empathic young woman, or unattainable ideal, Saint Perpetua’s story ultimately helps to trace the circulation of texts and the transformations of ideals of Christian womanhood between the third and thirteenth centuries.

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