Queens Of A Fallen World The Lost Women Of Augustines Confessions Kate Cooper by Kate Cooper 9781541646018, 9781399807975, 9781541646001, 1541646010, 1399807978 instant download after payment.

“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 & appreciated women…Cooper sketches an evocative landscape of the late Roman world in Milan & 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 & 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

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While many know of Saint Augustine & his Confessions, few are aware of how his life & thought were influenced by women.

Queens of a Fallen World tells a story of betrayal, love, & ambition in the ancient world as seen through a woman's eyes. Historian Kate Cooper introduces us to four women whose hopes & plans collided in Augustine's early adulthood: his mother, Monnica of Thagaste; his lover; his fiancée; & 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 & 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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Kate Cooper is professor of history at Royal Holloway, University of London. She writes for many publications such as the Times of London, The Guardian, & History Today. Her books include Band of Angels, The Fall of the Roman Household, & The Virgin & the Bride.