4. The Confession: Competing with Magic Introduction In the previous chapter, I argue that the Conversion depends on early Christian prose narratives, especially martyrologies and acta that depict exceptional women. My approach in that chapter focuses on how Justa intertextually engages these exceptional female characters, particularly Thecla and Perpetua. In… Read more
Conclusion When Judy Chicago’s installation piece, The Dinner Party, debuted in 1979, it was rightly hailed as a tour de force of feminist art. Choosing which women to represent at the thirty-nine settings around the table must have been so difficult that the names of another 999 women were written… Read more
Appendix. Eudocia’s Martyrdom of Cyprian Book 1: The Conversion Proem 1* [1] When God in heaven brought light to earth and the true voice of wondrous men was accomplished, a life-producing radiance filled the whole… Read more
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