Queens of a Fallen World

The Lost Women of Augustine's Confessions

New Hardback Illustrated

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The Confessions by St Augustine of Hippo is remarkable not only for its candid reflections on his own life but also for the information it provides about women from different strata of late-Roman society. Kate Cooper focuses on Augustine’s portraits of four such women, from empress to concubine, discussing their hopes and intentions, the constraints they faced and their influence on this key figure of the early Church.

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