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This study traces the genealogy of Saint§Perpetua's 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 Perpetua's story ultimately helps to trace§the circulation of texts and the transformations of ideals of Christian§womanhood between the third and thirteenth centuries.§

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• Full title: Saint Perpetua across the Middle Ages
• Subtitle: Mother, Gladiator, Saint
• Author: Margaret Cotter-Lynch
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 170
• EAN: 9781137479631
• ISBN: 1137479639
• ID: 02986042
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Weight: 342 g
• Dimensions: 154 × 425 × 16 mm
• Date of publishing: 06. October 2016

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