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Author:
Cooper, Kate, 1960- author.
Title:
Queens of a fallen world : the lost women of Augustine's Confessions / Kate Cooper.
Edition:
First edition.
Publisher:
Basic Books,
Copyright Date:
2023
Description:
290 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Subject:
Augustine,--of Hippo, Saint,--354-430--Family.
Augustine,--of Hippo, Saint,--354-430--Relations with women.
Women--Rome--Social conditions.
HISTORY / Ancient / Rome.
HISTORY / Women.
RELIGION / Christianity / Saints & Sainthood.
PHILOSOPHY / Individual Philosophers.
Summary:
A noted historian introduces us to four remarkable women whose hopes and plans collided in Saint Augustines early adulthood, carefully reconstructing their lives against the backdrop of their 4th-century society and showing how they set him on a course to change history.
ISBN:
1541646010
9781541646018
LCCN:
2022035349
Locations:
FYPI314 -- Dubuque County Library - Asbury Branch (Asbury)

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