Author : Paula Hershkowitz
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 16,81 MB
Release : 2017-01-05
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1107149606
This book sets Prudentius' martyr poetry within the religious, social, and visual contexts of late antique Spain. This original approach utilises the fields of history, archaeology, classical literature and art history, and the book is important for academics and more advanced students within these disciplines.
Author : Ralph Mathisen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 21,60 MB
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : History
ISBN : 1351899201
Late Roman Gaul is often seen either from a classical Roman perspective as an imperial province in decay and under constant threat from barbarian invasion or settlement, or from the medieval one, as the cradle of modern France and Germany. Standard texts and "moments" have emerged and been canonized in the scholarship on the period, be it Gaul aflame in 407 or the much-disputed baptism of Clovis in 496/508. This volume avoids such stereotypes. It brings together state-of-the-art work in archaeology, literary, social, and religious history, philology, philosophy, epigraphy, and numismatics not only to examine under-used and new sources for the period, but also critically to reexamine a few of the old standards. This will provide a fresh view of various more unusual aspects of late Roman Gaul, and also, it is hoped, serve as a model for ways of interpreting the late Roman sources for other areas, times, and contexts.
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Page : 1136 pages
File Size : 21,47 MB
Release : 1927
Category : Antiques
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Author : Charles Holme
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Page : 794 pages
File Size : 49,25 MB
Release : 1925
Category : Art
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Page : 644 pages
File Size : 29,83 MB
Release : 1928
Category : Art
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Author : Andrew Gillett
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 45,23 MB
Release : 2003-08-28
Category : History
ISBN : 1139440039
Warfare and dislocation are obvious features of the break-up of the late Roman West, but this crucial period of change was characterized also by communication and diplomacy. The great events of the late antique West were determined by the quieter labours of countless envoys, who travelled between emperors, kings, generals, high officials, bishops, provincial councils, and cities. This book examines the role of envoys in the period from the establishment of the first 'barbarian kingdoms' in the West, to the eve of Justinian's wars of re-conquest. It shows how ongoing practices of Roman imperial administration shaped new patterns of political interaction in the novel context of the earliest medieval states. Close analysis of sources with special interest in embassies offers insight into a variety of genres: chronicles, panegyrics, hagiographies, letters and epitaph. This study makes a significant contribution to the developing field of ancient and medieval communications.
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Page : 136 pages
File Size : 44,36 MB
Release : 1925
Category : Art
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Page : 1010 pages
File Size : 19,81 MB
Release : 1923
Category : Art
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Author : Luke Lavan
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 1737 pages
File Size : 32,89 MB
Release : 2021-01-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9004423826
This book looks at secular urban space in the Mediterranean city, A.D. 284-650, focusing on places where people from different religious and social group were obliged to mingle. It looks at streets, processions, fora/ agorai, market buildings, and shops.
Author : Anne P. Alwis
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 15,19 MB
Release : 2011-10-27
Category : History
ISBN : 1441127399
Celibate Marriages in Late Antique and Byzantine Hagiography explores the puzzling phenomenon of celibate marriage as depicted in the lives of three couples who achieved sainthood. Marriage without intercourse appears to have no purpose, especially in Christian antiquity, yet these three tales were copied for centuries. What messages were they promoting? What did it mean to be a virgin husband and a virgin wife? Including full translations, this volume sets each life in its historical context, and by examining their individual and shared themes, the book shows that the tension raised by pitting marriage against celibacy is constantly debated. It also highlights the ingenuity of Byzantine hagiographers as they attempted to reconcile this curious paradox. This book addresses a gap in late Antique and Byzantine hagiographic studies where primary sources and interpretative material are very rarely presented in the same volume. By providing a variety of contexts to the material a much more comprehensive, revealing and holistic picture of celibate marriage emerges.
