Constantine and the Christian empire / / Charles Matson Odahl
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| Autore: |
Odahl Charles M (Charles Matson), <1944-, >
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| Titolo: |
Constantine and the Christian empire / / Charles Matson Odahl
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| Pubblicazione: | Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2010 |
| Edizione: | 2nd ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (435 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 937/.08092 |
| B | |
| Soggetto topico: | Emperors - Rome |
| Church history - Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Rome History Constantine I, the Great, 306-337 |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; PREFACE (To the First Edition); PREFACE (To the Second Edition); ILLUSTRATIONS LIST; GENEALOGY (Constantinian Dynasty); CHRONOLOGY (Constantinian Times); I THE SUBJECT AND THE ANCIENT SOURCES; II THE IMPERIAL CRISIS AND THE ILLYRIAN EMPERORS; III THE FIRST TETRARCHY AND THE CAESAR'S SON; IV THE GALLIC EMPEROR AND THE DYING PERSECUTORS; V THE ITALIAN CAMPAIGN AND CONSTANTINE'S CONVERSION; VI RELIGIOUS CONCERNS AND APOSTOLIC ROME; VII THE EASTERN CRUSADE AND THE NICENE COUNCIL; VIII THE DYNASTIC TRAGEDY AND HELENA'S PILGRIMAGE |
| IX IMPERIAL CONCERNS AND CHRISTIAN CONSTANTINOPLEX THE FINAL CAMPAIGNS AND THE EMPEROR'S HEIRS; XI THE THIRTEENTH APOSTLE AND THE CHRISTIAN EMPIRE; XII THE LEGACY AND MODERN INTERPRETATIONS; ABBREVIATIONS LIST; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This biographical narrative is a detailed portrayal of the life and career of the first Christian emperor Constantine the Great (273 - 337). Combining vivid narrative and historical analysis, Charles Odahl relates the rise of Constantine amid the crises of the late Roman world, his dramatic conversion to and public patronage of Christianity, and his church building programs in Rome, Jerusalem and Constantinople which transformed the pagan state of Roman antiquity into the Christian empire medieval Byzantium. The author's comprehensive knowledge of the literary sources and his |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Constantine and the Christian empire |
| ISBN: | 1-136-96127-5 |
| 1-136-96128-3 | |
| 1-282-65969-3 | |
| 9786612659690 | |
| 0-203-85028-9 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910459189703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Roman imperial biographies.