The Writings of Medieval Women
Subtitle: An Anthology (Garland Library of Medieval Literature, Vol 100. Series B)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Routledge
Published: January 1, 1994
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 564
ISBN-13: 9780815313922
Subjects: Collections & anthologies of various literary forms; Literary studies: classical, early & medieval; Other prose: classical, early & medieval; Women's studies; Women authors; Literature, Medieval; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Literary Criticism; Medieval; Rhetoric; Literary Criticism & Collections / General; European literature
First sentence: Early in the third century, when persecutions against Christians were raging like a virus in the North African city of Carthage, a young woman named Vibia Perpetua was arrested with four friends.
Notes: 2nd Edition