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Perpetua: The Woman, the Martyr
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Books > Biographies > Lives of the Saints
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| Author/Artist: |
SARAH RUDEN |
| ISBN / ID: |
9780300273717 |
| Publisher: |
Yale U Press |
| Binding: |
HARDBACK |
| Price: |
AU$39.99 |
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On March 7, 203, in the amphitheater of Carthage, Vibia Perpetua was among five Christians executed for refusing to worship the Roman emperor Septimius Severus and his son.
Perpetua was unique: an aristocratic married woman, mother of an infant son, and the earliest known female prose writer whose work survives. In this compelling study, Sarah Ruden presents a fresh translation of Perpetua's prison diary and explores her life within the turbulent late Roman Empire. Grounded in Perpetua's own words, Ruden reveals a vivid and complex personality, candid, bold, and deeply human.
Moving beyond traditional portrayals of passive sainthood, Sarah Ruden depicts Perpetua as a woman balancing public courage with the private emotions of a mother, daughter, sister, and friend facing death with striking honesty and determination. |
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