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- Book Title
- Queens of a Fallen World : the Lost Women of Augustine's Confessions
- Publication Name
- Queens of a Fallen World
- Title
- Queens of a Fallen World
- Subtitle
- The Lost Women of Augustine's Confessions
- Format
- Hardcover
- ISBN-10
- 1541646010
- EAN
- 9781541646018
- ISBN
- 9781541646018
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, Religion, History
- Topic
- Women, Ancient / Rome, Christianity / General
- Release Date
- 18/04/2023
- Release Year
- 2023
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Height
- 1.2in
- Item Length
- 9.6in
- Item Width
- 6.4in
- Item Weight
- 17.5 Oz
- Publication Year
- 2023
- Number of Pages
- 304 Pages
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FINALIST: THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE 2023 The vibrant and surprising lives of the women in Augustine's Confessions While many know of Saint Augustine and his Confessions , few are aware of how his life and thought were influenced by women. Queens of a Fallen World tells a story of betrayal, love, and ambition in the ancient world as seen through a woman's eyes. Historian Kate Cooper introduces us to four women whose hopes and plans collided in Augustine's early adulthood: his mother, Monnica of Thagaste; his lover; his fiancée; and Justina, the troubled empress of ancient Rome. Drawing upon their depictions in the Confessions , Cooper skilfully reconstructs their lives against the backdrop of their fourth-century society. Though they came from different walks of life, each found her own way of prevailing in a world ruled by men. A refreshingly complex and compelling portrait of Augustine, Queens of a Fallen World is the riveting story of four remarkable women who set him on course to change history.
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Publisher
Basic Books
ISBN-10
1541646010
ISBN-13
9781541646018
eBay Product ID (ePID)
14057261604
Product Key Features
Book Title
Queens of a Fallen World : the Lost Women of Augustine's Confessions
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Women, Ancient / Rome, Christianity / General
Publication Year
2023
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Religion, History
Number of Pages
304 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.6in
Item Height
1.2in
Item Width
6.4in
Item Weight
17.5 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Br65.A9c595 2023
Reviews
"What an invigorating book! Cooper asks a haunting question: how different would our world be had this man married either his concubine--who was the loyal mother of his child--or the young heiress he was betrothed to, instead of withdrawing from sexual relationships altogether?" -- Sarah Ruden, translator of Augustine's Confessions, "An evocative reconstruction of the bright lives of four women who each made an indelible impact on a towering figure of the early church. St. Augustine may have helped to shape the Christian world--but he, in turn, was shaped by them. Kate Cooper's wonderful book resuscitates and restores them to their rightful place in Augustine's legacy." -- Kara Cooney, author of When Women Ruled the World: Six Queens of Egypt, "A marvelous achievement. Kate Cooper shines her historian's spotlight on an Augustine so vivid in his Confessions , but so often overlooked: a man who loved and appreciated women...Cooper sketches an evocative landscape of the late Roman world in Milan and North Africa--from its courts to its churches, from military encampments to rural villas, from empresses to the enslaved. Above all, her's is a world of human beings suffering heartache and loneliness while trying to reconcile the pull of the heart with the lure of ambition." -- Susanna Elm, Sidney H. Ehrman Professor of European History, University of California, Berkeley, "Highly readable, well-researched and imaginative... To those of us who thought we knew Augustine well, Queens of a Fallen World opens new vistas on his world and legacy."-- Wall Street Journal, "A bold and imaginative venture into challenging territory. Cooper casts new light onto the women of the ancient world--and one of the founders of Western thought." -- Sarah Gristwood, author of The Tudors in Love and Game of Queens, A masterpiece of the historian's art. With a rare balance of state-of-the-art erudition and felicitous hypotheses, Kate Cooper has brought the hidden women in Augustine's early life into the light. Governed throughout by a humane sense of the texture of a distant late Roman society, she captures women's voices which we would not otherwise have heard.-- Peter Brown, author of Augustine of Hippo: A Biography, "An enchanting tour de force of sensitive and probing historical writing. Queens of a Fallen World reveals the traces of forgotten female voices in Augustine's loves, losses, regrets, and consolations. Cooper's enquiry into the influence of women on Augustine--whether empress, mother, lover, saint, or slave--enriches his legacy." -- Adrienne Mayor, author of The Amazons: Lives and Legends of Warrior Women across the Ancient World
Lccn
2022-035349
Dewey Decimal
270.2092
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
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