Item #003321 The Martyrdom of Perpetua. Perpetua, Sara Maitland.

The Martyrdom of Perpetua

Evesham: Arthur James, 1996. Soft cover. 12mo. Near Fine. Item #003321

Visionary Women Series. With introduction and commentary by Sara Maitland. Paperback. 64 p.p. Sunning to spine, small scuff to fore edge of text block, slight curling of front cover.The story of Perpetua, a young mother who died for her beliefs in the arena at Carthage in AD 203, is deeply moving - and far too little known except by scholars. Perpetua wrote a graphic account of her arrest, the reasons for it, and her feelings as she lay in prison awaiting a horrific execution. She is the first Christian woman to write about the world as she saw and experienced it, and is amongst the earliest female writers of any kind known to us today.

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