Perpetua's passion : the death and memory of a young Roman woman / Joyce E. Salisbury.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Salisbury, Joyce E., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Perpetua, Saint, -203.

Perpetua.

Passio SS. Perpetuae et Felicitatis.

Christian saints--Tunisia--Biography.

Christian saints.

Christian martyrs--Tunisia--Biography.

Christian martyrs.

Christian women saints--Tunisia--Biography.

Christian women saints.

Christian women martyrs--Tunisia--Biography.

Christian women martyrs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (231 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 1997.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Contents:

Cover; Perpetua's Passion; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; one Rome; Home and Hearth; Empire and Emperor; Longing for the Divine; two Carthage; The City; Life and Culture; Sacrifice and Suicide; three Christian Community; Origins; Presence of the Divine; Christian Life; Confrontation with Authority; four Prison; Prison and Trial; Dreams and Visions; The Confessors' Dreams; Final Preparations; five The Arena; The Amphitheater; The Spectators; The Martyrs; six Aftermath; Rome and Carthage; The Christian Community; Memory and the Text; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-222) and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-136-05094-9

0-415-91837-5

0-203-61091-1

1-136-05086-8

9780203610916

OCLC:

852757693