Perpetua

The Woman, the Martyr

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<p><b>An intimate and human portrait of Perpetua, a third-century woman author who was idealized as a Christian martyr</b></p><p><b>"[Ruden's] fresh, engaging translation of the Perpetua dossier captures the nuances of the Latin with remarkable skill. She has an eye for fine but crucial distinctions of meaning. It is a pleasure to read something with such a sensitive guide."-George Woudhuysen, </b><i><b>Wall Street Journal</b></i></p><p>On March 7, 203, in the monumental amphitheater at Carthage, Vibia Perpetua was one of five Christians who met their deaths after refusing to venerate the Roman emperor Septimius Severus and his son. Perpetua stood out from the other four, and in fact from all the other martyrs of her era and before: she was an aristocratic married woman with an infant son, and she is the first female prose author whose work survives.</p><p>Offering a probing new translation of Perpetua's extraordinary prison diary and situating the life behind that diary within the turbulent late Roman Empire, Sarah Ruden tells the story of Perpetua's remarkable feat of selfinvention as a martyr. As she builds on Perpetua's own words and integrates them into their religious and historical contexts, Ruden shines a light on Perpetua's disarming candidness, her brashness, and her naïvété. In contrast to traditional portrayals of the saint as a brave but submissive young woman, Ruden's narrative reveals a complex individual who flaunts a vivid public persona as a martyr while at the same time navigating the emotions of a mother, daughter, sister, and friend approaching death.</p>

Artikeldetails

EAN

9780300273717

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Buch

Maße

219 x 143 x 22 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2025

Verlag / Hersteller

Yale University Press