Dying to be men
Martyrdom
Sex role, religious aspects
Geschlechtsunterschied
Frühchristentum
Church history, primitive and early church, ca. 30-600
Geschlechterrolle
Primitive and early church
Sekseverschillen
History of doctrines
Sex role
Church history
Religious aspects
Early works to 1800
Christianity
History and criticism
"At once brave and athletic, virtuous and modest, female martyrs in the second and third centuries were depicted as self-possessed gladiators who at the same time exhibited the quintessentially "womanly" qualities of modesty, fertility, and beauty. L. Stephanie Cobb explores the double embodiment of…
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