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Record Nr.

UNISA996201337203316

Titolo

The Cambridge companion to the Age of Constantine / / edited by Noel Lenski [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2006

ISBN

1-139-81686-1

1-139-00084-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xviii, 469 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Cambridge companions to the ancient world

Disciplina

937/.08/092

Soggetti

Church history - Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600

Rome History Constantine I, the Great, 306-337

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Nov 2015).

Nota di contenuto

Abbreviations -- Introduction / Noel Lenski -- Sources for the history of Constantine / Bruno Bleckmann -- Politics and personalities. Before Constantine / Simon Corcoran. The reign of Constantine / Noel Lenski. The dynasty of Constantine down to 363 / Robert M. Frakes -- Religion and spiritual life. The impact of Constantine on Christianity / H.A. Drake. The beginnings of Christianization / Mark Edwards. Traditional religions / A.D. Lee -- Law and society. Bureaucracy and government / Christopher Kelly. Civil law and social life / Caroline Humfress. Economy and society / Georges Depeyrot -- Art and culture. Perspectives in art / Jasˁ Elsner. Architecture of empire / Mark J. Johnson. Constantine in legendary literature / Samuel N.C. Lieu -- Empire and beyond. Warfare and the military / Hugh Elton. Constantine and the northern barbarians / Michael Kulikowski. Constantine and the peoples of the eastern frontier / Elizabeth Key Fowden -- Appendix 1 : stemmata -- Appendix 2 : timeline -- Maps.

Sommario/riassunto

The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Constantine offers students a comprehensive one-volume survey of this pivotal emperor and his times. Richly illustrated and designed as a readable survey accessible to all audiences, it also achieves a level of scholarly sophistication and a freshness of interpretation that will be welcomed by the experts. The volume is divided into five sections that examine political history, religion, social and economic history, art, and foreign relations during



the reign of Constantine, who steered the Roman Empire on a course parallel with his own personal development. Each chapter examines the intimate interplay between emperor and empire, and between a powerful personality and his world. Collectively, they show how both were mutually affected in ways that shaped the world of Late Antiquity and even affect our own world today.