Female Identity and Agency in the Cult of the Martyrs in Late Antique North Africa
This thesis investigates the dual roles that women played in the cult of the martyrs in Christianity in Late Antiquity: as martyrs worthy of admiration and as venerators engaged in acts of celebration. The investigation is driven by questions regarding the identity, agency, and power of women in the...
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Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
2016
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10393/35259 http://dx.doi.org/10.20381/ruor-217 |