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Perpetua's journey : faith, gender, and power in the Roman Empire / Jennifer A. Rea, Liz Clarke.
Van Pelt Library BR1720.P42 R43 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rea, Jennifer A., author.
- Series:
- Graphic history series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Perpetua, Saint, -203.
- Perpetua.
- Perpetua, Saint, -203--Pictorial works.
- Passio SS. Perpetuae et Felicitatis.
- Felicity, Saint, -203.
- Felicity.
- Christian women saints--Rome--Biography.
- Christian women saints.
- Christian women saints--Tunisia--Carthage (Extinct city)--Biography.
- Christian women martyrs--Rome--Biography.
- Christian women martyrs.
- Sex role--Rome--History.
- Sex role.
- Power (Social sciences)--Rome--History.
- Power (Social sciences).
- Rome--History--Empire, 30 B.C.-284 A.D.
- Rome.
- Rome (Empire).
- History.
- Tunisia--Carthage (Extinct city).
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- History.
- Pictorial works.
- Illustrated works.
- Physical Description:
- xxi, 208 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 26 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, [2018]
- Contents:
- Part I The Graphic History 1
- Chapter 1 Carcer et Praetorium, "The Prison and the Palace" 3
- Chapter 2 Chirstiana sum, "I Am a Christian" 23
- Chapter 3 In viridiario, "In the Gardeb" 45
- Chapter 4 Damnatio ad bestias, "Condemned to the Beasts" 61
- Part II Historical and Social Context 89
- The Roman Empire 91
- Carthage before Rome 93
- Roman Africa 96
- The Emperor Septimius Severus 98
- Tertullian 100
- Roman Religion and Early Christianity 101
- The Roman Senate 103
- Religion in the Roman Empire 105
- Emperor Worship 106
- The Cults of Ceres and Saturn 106
- Christians in Imperial Rome 107
- Magic and Religion 110
- Montanism 112
- Christian Persecution 112
- Severus and Christian Persecutions 115
- Christianity after 203 CE 115
- Martyrs in Antiquity 117
- The Spread of Christianity within the Roman Empire 118
- Baptism 119
- Roman Education 122
- Slaves and Christianity 129
- Felicity: Portrait of a Slave in Roman Africa 134
- Prison Life 136
- Gladiatorial Combat 138
- The Amphitheater 142
- Constructing Status in Antiquity 144
- Authority and Power in the Passio 145
- The Visions of Perpetua and Saturus 154
- Perpetua's Death 164
- Part III Perpetua's Prison Diary 167
- About the Translation of the Passio 169
- A Brief History of the Text 171
- The Passion of Perpetua and Felicity 172
- Part IV Conclusion 183
- Further Interpretations of the Text 185
- The Passio after 203 CE 186
- Further Reading 189
- The Making of the Graphic Portion of the Text 190
- Questions 195.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9780190238711
- 0190238712
- 9780190238728
- 0190238720
- OCLC:
- 986236979
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