The Writings of Medieval Women 2nd Edition
Subtitle: An Anthology (Garland Library of Medieval Literature)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Routledge
Published: January 1, 1994
Language: eng
Format: Library Binding
Number of pages: 568
ISBN-13: 9780815304098
Subjects: Collections & anthologies of various literary forms; Literary studies: classical, early & medieval; Other prose: classical, early & medieval; Women's studies; Women In Literature; Medieval Literature - History And Criticism; Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy; Literary Criticism; Women authors; General; Rhetoric; Literary Criticism & Collections / General; European literature; Literature, Medieval
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.