03215nam 22005651 450 991051136680332120130509092618.01-62892-675-91-283-74119-91-4411-4610-510.5040/9781628926750(CKB)2670000000238832(EBL)1014741(OCoLC)810078003(SSID)ssj0000704806(PQKBManifestationID)12331319(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000704806(PQKBWorkID)10720111(PQKB)11400992(MiAaPQ)EBC1014741(OCoLC)859992682(UtOrBLW)bpp09256658(EXLCZ)99267000000023883220140929d2012 uy 0engur|nuuuuuuuu|txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierDivine providence a history : the Bible, Virgil, Orosius, Augustine, and Dante /Brenda Deen SchildgenLondon ;New York :Continuum,2012.1 online resource (265 pages)Description based upon print version of record.Includes bibliographical references (pages [169]-237) and index.Introduction : The idea of divine providence in Orosius, Augustine, and Dante -- Destined lands and chosen fathers: Virgil, Livy, and the Bible -- Orosius defends the Roman Empire -- Augustine's theology of history -- Dante's monarchia with and against Augustine -- Dante's Commedia and the ascent to incarnational history -- Conclusion : "The hand of God."Holding divine intervention responsible for political and military success and failure has a long history in western thought. This book explores the idea of providential history as an organizing principle for understanding the divine purpose for humans in texts that may be literary, historical, philosophical, and theological. Providential History shows that, with Virgil and the Bible as authoritative precursors to late antique views on history, the two most important political thinkers of the late antique Christian world, Orosius and Augustine, produced the theories of Christian politics and history that were carried over into the first and second millennium of Christianity. Likewise, their understanding of how the history of the late Roman Empire connects to God's plan for humankind became the background for understanding Dante's own positions in the Monarchia and the Commedia. Brenda Deen Schildgen examines Dante's engagement with these authoritative sources, whether in biblical, ancient Roman writers, or the specific legacy of Orosius and Augustine. "--Bloomsbury Publishing.HistoryPhilosophyProvidence and government of GodLiterary studies: classical, early & medievalElectronic books.HistoryPhilosophy.Providence and government of God.202/.117Schildgen Brenda Deen1942-863341UtOrBLWUtOrBLWBOOK9910511366803321Divine providence2552911UNINA