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Record Nr.

UNINA9910556899103321

Autore

Usherwood Rebecca

Titolo

Political Memory and the Constantinian Dynasty : Fashioning Disgrace / / by Rebecca Usherwood

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2022

ISBN

9783030879303

9783030879297

Edizione

[1st ed. 2022.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (359 pages)

Collana

New Approaches to Byzantine History and Culture, , 2730-9371

Disciplina

930

937.080922

Soggetti

Europe - History - 476-1492

Collective memory

History, Ancient

Europe - History - To 476

History of Medieval Europe

Memory Studies

Classical Studies

History of Ancient Europe

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction  -- 1. Maximian  -- 2. Licinius  -- 3. Crispus  -- 4. Magnentius  -- 5. Epilogue  -- 6. Appendices.

Sommario/riassunto

This book is an exploration of political memory and disgrace in the reigns of Constantine and his sons. It uses the conditions of the early to mid-fourth century to argue that the deconstruction of political legitimacy should be viewed, first and foremost, as a collective phenomenon, the result of the actions of a diverse range of people responding to political change. It also challenges many positivist and teleological narratives of the ‘Age of Constantine’. Shifting the focus from the emperor and his sons onto their rivals and opponents, the Constantinian dynasty is placed back into the messy and ambiguous political environment from which it emerged. .