From ‘Passio Perpetuae’ to ‘Acta Perpetuae’ : : Recontextualizing a Martyr Story in the Literature of the Early Church / / Petr Kitzler.

While concentrated on the famous Passio Perpetuae et Felicitatis, this book focuses on an area that has so far been somewhat marginalized or even overlooked by modern interpreters: the recontextualizing of the Passio Perpetuae in the subsequent reception of this text in the literature of the early C...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2015 Part 1
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Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2015]
©2015
Year of Publication:2015
Language:English
Series:Arbeiten zur Kirchengeschichte , 127
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Physical Description:1 online resource (159 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • 1. Fortissimi martyres: The Passio Perpetuae et Felicitatis as a pre-text
  • 2. Nova documenta fidei: The Passio Perpetuae et Felicitatis and its innovative features
  • 3. From exemplum fidei to admirandum, non imitandum: The Passio Perpetuae et Felicitatis and its later interpreters
  • Conclusion
  • A chronological outline of the reception of the Passio Perpetuae until the end of the 5th century
  • A list of abbreviations of the books, journals and book series used
  • Bibliography
  • General index
  • Index locorum
  • Index of modern names