Suicide by Gladiator? The Acts of Perpetua and Felicitas in its North African Context
The third-century martyr text that tells the story of Perpetua and her coreligionists as they witnessed to their faith in Carthage—the Passion of Perpetua and Felicitas—is much beloved by modern readers. It purports to be Perpetua's prison diary, and, as such, it is the earliest writing by a Ch...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
[2019]
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Church history
Year: 2019, Volume: 88, Issue: 3, Pages: 597-628 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Passio Perpetuae et Felicitatis
/ Perpetua, Sancta -203
/ Felicitas, Sancta -203
/ Carthage
/ Martyrdom
/ Gladiator games
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| IxTheo Classification: | KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity KCD Hagiography; saints |
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Volltext (Resolving-System) Volltext (doi) |