LEADER 02951nam 22006494a 450 001 996209835503316 005 20230829005300.0 010 $a1-280-84405-1 010 $a9786610844050 010 $a0-19-153519-2 010 $a1-4356-2345-2 035 $a(CKB)1000000000375186 035 $a(EBL)679359 035 $a(OCoLC)191674757 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000085859 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11112891 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000085859 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10029621 035 $a(PQKB)11441058 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000073581 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC679359 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7036236 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7036236 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000375186 100 $a20060407d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aChristian persecution, martyrdom, and orthodoxy$b[electronic resource] /$fG.E.M. De Ste. Croix ; edited by Michael Whitby and Joseph Streeter 210 $aOxford $cOxford University Press$d2006 215 $a1 online resource (407 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-170787-2 311 $a0-19-927812-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $aAspects of the 'Great' persecution -- The Fourth Edict in the West and the date of the Council of Elvira -- Why were the early Christians persecuted? -- Voluntary martyrdom in the early church -- Heresy, schism, and persecution in the later Roman Empire -- The Council of Chalcedon / with additions by Michael Whitby -- Early Christian attitudes to property and slavery. 330 $aThis volume brings together seven seminal papers by the great radical historian Geoffrey de Ste. Croix, who died in 2000, on early Christian topics, with an especial focus on persecution and martyrdom. Christian martyrdom is a topic which conjures up ready images of inhumane persecutors confronted by Christian heroes who perish for the instant but win the long-term battle for reputation. In five of these essays Ste. Croix scrutinizes the evidence to reveal the significant role ofChristian themselves, first as volunteer martyrs and later, after the triumph of Christianity in the early fourth ce 606 $aPersecution 606 $aMartyrdom$xChristianity 606 $aChurch history$yPrimitive and early church, ca. 30-600 615 0$aPersecution. 615 0$aMartyrdom$xChristianity. 615 0$aChurch history 676 $a272/.1 676 $a936 700 $aDe Ste. Croix$b G. E. M$g(Geoffrey Ernest Maurice)$0459387 701 $aWhitby$b Michael$0215532 701 $aStreeter$b Joseph$01018827 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996209835503316 996 $aChristian persecution, martyrdom, and orthodoxy$92398446 997 $aUNISA