Here the Catholic Church had reacquired power after the failure of Bismarck's Kulturkampf, which had culminated twenty years prior with the expulsion of Jesuits from Germany, the rupture with the Vatican in 1872, and the “Laws of May” ...
This book rediscovers the life Hypatia led, the unique challenges she faced as a woman who succeeded spectacularly in a man's world, and the tragic story of the events that led to her tragic murder.
Examines the life of a Egyptian woman who lived in fifth-century Alexandria and became a respected scholar in mathematics and philosophy.
This book rediscovers the life Hypatia led, the unique challenges she faced as a woman who succeeded spectacularly in a man's world, and the tragic story of the events that led to her tragic murder.
Hypatia was but one of many whose arguments were much too logical to be refuted, and that is what rattles tyrants the most. Their only solution? Silencing, but merely temporary, for no one can smother a powerful legacy forever.
This biography tells the story behind the myth of Hypatia, the female philosopher murdered at the hands of Christian fundamentalists.