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Saint Perpetua across the Middle Ages
Mother, Gladiator, Saint
Langbeschreibung
This study traces the genealogy of Saint Perpetuäs 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 Perpetuäs story ultimately helps to trace the circulation of texts and the transformations of ideals of Christian womanhood between the third and thirteenth centuries.
Hauptbeschreibung
Connects the story and retellings of Saint Perpetua to larger discussions about gender and its relationship to sainthood
Inhaltsverzeichnis
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Margaret Cotter-Lynch is Professor of English, Humanities, and Languages at Southeastern Oklahoma State University, USA. Her previous work includes Reading Memory and Identity in the Texts of Medieval European Holy Women, co-edited with Brad Herzog.
ISBN-13:
9781349693740
Veröffentl:
2020
Erscheinungsdatum:
07.11.2020
Seiten:
180
Autor:
Margaret Cotter-Lynch
Gewicht:
241 g
Format:
210x148x11 mm
Serie:
The New Middle Ages
Sprache:
Englisch