Perpetua's journey: faith, gender, & power in the Roman Empire
Part I. The graphic history -- Carcer et praetorium = "The prison and the palace" -- Christiana sum = "I am a Christian" -- In viridiario = "In the garden" -- Damnatio ad bestias = "Condemned to the beasts" -- Part II. Historical and social context -- The Roma...
| Summary: | Part I. The graphic history -- Carcer et praetorium = "The prison and the palace" -- Christiana sum = "I am a Christian" -- In viridiario = "In the garden" -- Damnatio ad bestias = "Condemned to the beasts" -- Part II. Historical and social context -- The Roman Empire -- Carthage before Rome -- Roman Africa -- The Emperor Septimius Severus -- Tertullian -- Roman religion and early Christianity -- The Roman Senate -- Religion in the empire -- Emperor worship -- The cults of Ceres and Saturn -- Christians in imperial Rome -- Magic and religion -- Montanism -- Christian persecution -- Severus and Christian persecutions -- Christianity after 203 CE -- Baptism -- Roman education -- Slaves and Christianity -- Felicity : portrait of a slave in Roman Africa -- Prison life -- Gladiatorial combat -- The amphitheater -- Constructing status in antiquity -- Gender and power in the Passio -- The visions of Perpetua and Saturus -- Perpetua's death -- Part III. The translation -- About the translation of the Passio -- A brief history of the text -- The passion of Perpetua and Felicity -- Part IV. Conclusion -- Further interpretations of the text -- The Passio after 203 CE -- The making of the graphic portion of this text -- Questions -- Timeline of events in history (Rome and Carthage) -- Timeline of Christian persecutions -- Glossary Part I. The graphic history -- Carcer et praetorium = "The prison and the palace" -- Christiana sum = "I am a Christian" -- In viridiario = "In the garden" -- Damnatio ad bestias = "Condemned to the beasts" -- Part II. Historical and social context -- The Roman Empire -- Carthage before Rome -- Roman Africa -- The Emperor Septimius Severus -- Tertullian -- Roman religion and early Christianity -- The Roman Senate -- Religion in the empire -- Emperor worship -- The cults of Ceres and Saturn -- Christians in imperial Rome -- Magic and religion -- Montanism -- Christian persecution -- Severus and Christian persecutions -- Christianity after 203 CE -- Baptism -- Roman education -- Slaves and Christianity -- Felicity : portrait of a slave in Roman Africa -- Prison life -- Gladiatorial combat -- The amphitheater -- Constructing status in antiquity -- Gender and power in the Passio -- The visions of Perpetua and Saturus -- Perpetua's death -- Part III. The translation -- About the translation of the Passio -- A brief history of the text -- The passion of Perpetua and Felicity -- Part IV. Conclusion -- Further interpretations of the text -- The Passio after 203 CE -- The making of the graphic portion of this text -- Questions -- Timeline of events in history (Rome and Carthage) -- Timeline of Christian persecutions -- Glossary |
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| Item Description: | "Perpetua's diary, known as the 'Passio Perpetuae et Felicitatis', or 'The passion of Perpetua and Felicity', contains Perpetua's account of the days leading up to her martyrdom." (preface, Seite XI) Das Werk besteht aus 1 Comic von L. Clarke und 1 wissenschaftlichen Abhandlung von J.A. Rea. Der Abhandlungsteil ist mit Bildern und Karten illustriert Enthält auch eine englische Übersetzung des lateinischen Originaltextes. Die englische Übersetzung, abgedruckt auf den Seiten 172-181, trägt den Titel: The Passion of Perpetua and Felicity "Timeline for Rome and Carthage" (Seite 198-199) "Timeline of Christian persecutions" (Seite 200-201) Literaturverzeichnis Seite 202-206 Mit Glossar |
| Physical Description: | XXI, 208 Seiten, 6 Illustrationen, 3 Karten, 26 cm |
| ISBN: | 0190238712 |