LEADER 03162nam 22006732 450 001 9910807469503321 005 20151005020622.0 010 $a1-281-37036-3 010 $a9786611370367 010 $a0-511-39395-4 010 $a0-511-48272-8 010 $a0-511-39460-8 010 $a0-511-39181-1 010 $a0-511-39064-5 010 $a0-511-39312-1 035 $a(CKB)1000000000412142 035 $a(EBL)336125 035 $a(OCoLC)476152736 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000153139 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11160850 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000153139 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10392582 035 $a(PQKB)10279319 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9780511482724 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC336125 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL336125 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10224596 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL137036 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000412142 100 $a20090224d2007|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe fall of the Roman household /$fKate Cooper 210 1$aCambridge :$cCambridge University Press,$d2007. 215 $a1 online resource (xvi, 319 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). 311 $a0-521-18793-1 311 $a0-521-88460-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 284-308) and index. 327 $a'The battle of this life' -- 'The obscurity of eloquence' -- Household and empire -- 'Such trustful partnership' -- The invisible enemy -- Appendix. Ad Gregoriam in palatio / English translation by Kate Cooper. 330 $aEdward Gibbon laid the fall of the Roman Empire at Christianity's door, suggesting that 'pusillanimous youth preferred the penance of the monastic to the dangers of a military life ... whole legions were buried in these religious sanctuaries'. This surprising 2007 study suggests that, far from seeing Christianity as the cause of the fall of the Roman Empire, we should understand the Christianisation of the household as a central Roman survival strategy. By establishing new 'ground rules' for marriage and family life, the Roman Christians of the last century of the Western empire found a way to re-invent the Roman family as a social institution to weather the political, military, and social upheaval of two centuries of invasion and civil war. In doing so, these men and women - both clergy and lay - found themselves changing both what it meant to be Roman, and what it meant to be Christian. 606 $aFamilies$xReligious aspects$xChristianity 606 $aFamilies$zRome 607 $aRome$xHistory$yEmpire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D 607 $aRome$xReligion 607 $aRome$xCivilization$xChristian influences 615 0$aFamilies$xReligious aspects$xChristianity. 615 0$aFamilies 676 $a306.630937 700 $aCooper$b Kate$f1960-$0629003 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910807469503321 996 $aFall of the Roman household$91226902 997 $aUNINA