Perpetua's Passion: The Death and Memory of a Young Roman WomanRoutledge, 17 de juny 2013 - 240 pàgines Perpetua's Passion studies the third-century martyrdom of a young woman and places it in the intellectual and social context of her age. Conflicting ideas of religion, family and gender are explored as Salisbury follows Perpetua from her youth in a wealthy Roman household to her imprisonment and death in the arena. |
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Pàgina 11
... ritual as well as legal author- ity . The father was charged with preserving the communal rituals that had served to preserve his family . He presided over the private rituals that emphasized family , home , responsibility , and duty ...
... ritual as well as legal author- ity . The father was charged with preserving the communal rituals that had served to preserve his family . He presided over the private rituals that emphasized family , home , responsibility , and duty ...
Pàgina 12
... ritual acts . The respect for religious actions ( that is , rituals ) led to as much proliferation of rit- ual as there was of deities . Romans were so religiously conservative , or perhaps we should say careful , they were unwilling to ...
... ritual acts . The respect for religious actions ( that is , rituals ) led to as much proliferation of rit- ual as there was of deities . Romans were so religiously conservative , or perhaps we should say careful , they were unwilling to ...
Pàgina 13
... rituals in which women prayed for the children of their siblings ( or only their sisters — the sources are unclear ) .37 Perpetua may have joined her mother at these rituals and forged close ritual ties with her mother's sister . At her ...
... rituals in which women prayed for the children of their siblings ( or only their sisters — the sources are unclear ) .37 Perpetua may have joined her mother at these rituals and forged close ritual ties with her mother's sister . At her ...
Pàgina 14
... rituals , Romans felt themselves in touch with the divine , con- nected in a mystic way . There had to be some religious ... ritual in which someone felt her- self ecstatically inhabited by the goddesses was a successful one indeed . Of ...
... rituals , Romans felt themselves in touch with the divine , con- nected in a mystic way . There had to be some religious ... ritual in which someone felt her- self ecstatically inhabited by the goddesses was a successful one indeed . Of ...
Pàgina 17
... ritual year . The significance of these rituals perhaps will help us un- derstand the great offense the Christians gave when they refused to participate . In A.D. 146 , about thirty - five years before Perpetua was born , the man who ...
... ritual year . The significance of these rituals perhaps will help us un- derstand the great offense the Christians gave when they refused to participate . In A.D. 146 , about thirty - five years before Perpetua was born , the man who ...
Continguts
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two Carthage | 33 |
three Christian Community | 59 |
four Prison | 85 |
five The Arena | 119 |
six Aftermath | 149 |
Notes | 181 |
Bibliography | 209 |
Index | 223 |
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Perpetua's Passion: The Death and Memory of a Young Roman Woman Joyce E. Salisbury Previsualització limitada - 2013 |
Perpetua's Passion: The Death and Memory of a Young Roman Woman Joyce E. Salisbury Previsualització no disponible - 1997 |
Perpetua's Passion: The Death and Memory of a Young Roman Woman Joyce E. Salisbury Previsualització no disponible - 1997 |
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