Perpetua's Passion: The Death and Memory of a Young Roman Woman

by Joyce E. Salisbury

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415918375
• ISBN13: 9780415918374
• Release Date: November 1997
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

NEVER WILL I FORGET THIS BOOK

STAMPED ON MY MIND FOREVER-FABULOUS BOOK. TO KNOW OF SUCH STRONG HEROISM OF THESE 2 SAINTS OF GOD MOVED ME TO A MUCH DEEPER WALK WITH GOD. IT MAKES YOU THINK IF YOU HAD THE FAITH TO DIE LIKE THAT. I LOVED IT TOTALLY.

a valuable book

In Perpetua's Passion, Salisbury has served two different communities very well---those interested in early Christianity, and those interested in the history of women. She deftly creates a sociology of life in a group of early Christian martyrs, and does so in a way that makes very clear family relations, gender roles, and the strength of Vibia Perpetua herself. I have used this book when teaching a course on ancient & medieval women (and will do so again), and found that it worked very well. Students found it readable and useful and thought-provoking.

Great book,great saint!

A scholarly look at the prison diary of St.Perpetua who was thrown to the beasts and finally killed with a sword for her faith.The author gives both Christian,Carthage and Roman background of the times and lets the martyr speak for herself.