Constantine And The Divine Mind

Author : Kegan A. Chandler
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2019-12-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781532689925

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Constantine and the Divine Mind by Kegan A. Chandler Pdf

Constantine’s conversion to Christianity marks one of the most significant turning points in the epic of Western civilization. It is also one of history’s most controversial and hotly-debated episodes. Why did Constantine join a persecuted sect? When did he convert? And what kind of Christian did he ultimately become? Such questions have perennially challenged historians, but modern scholarship has opened a new door towards understanding the fourth century’s most famous and mysterious convert. In Constantine and the Divine Mind, Chandler offers a new portrait of Constantine as a deeply religious man on a quest to restore what he believed was once the original religion of mankind: monotheism. By tracing this theological quest and important historical trends in Roman paganism, Chandler illuminates the process by which Constantine embraced Christianity, and how the reasons for that embrace continued to manifest in his religious policies. In this we discover not only Constantine’s personal religious journey, but the reason why Christianity was first developed into a world power.

Author : Jonathan Bardill
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 471 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780521764230

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Constantine, Divine Emperor of the Christian Golden Age by Jonathan Bardill Pdf

"Constantine was the first Roman emperor to convert to Christianity. The book explores the emperor's image as conveyed through literature, art, and architecture, and shows how Constantine reconciled the tradition of imperial divinity with his monotheistic faith. It demonstrates how the traditional themes and imagery of kingship were exploited to portray the emperor as the saviour of his people and to assimilate him to Christ. This is the first book to study simultaneously both archaeological and historical information to build a picture of the emperor's image and propaganda. It is extensively illustrated" --Provided by publisher.

Author : Arnold Hugh Martin Jones
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1978-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0802063691

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Constantine and the Conversion of Europe by Arnold Hugh Martin Jones Pdf

A study of politics and religion during a key era (AD 284 - 337) when Christianity established itself as the dominant force shaping government and civilization. Reprinted from the 1962 edition, first published in 1948.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2022-01-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004502529

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Conceptualising Divine Unions in the Greek and Near Eastern Worlds by Anonim Pdf

This volume is an interdisciplinary investigation and contextualization of the various concepts of divine union in the private and public sphere of the Greek and Near Eastern worlds.

Author : M. Shane Bjornlie
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2016-07-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317025665

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The Life and Legacy of Constantine by M. Shane Bjornlie Pdf

The transformation from the classical period to the medieval has long been associated with the rise of Christianity. This association has deeply influenced the way that modern audiences imagine the separation of the classical world from its medieval and early modern successors. The role played in this transformation by Constantine as the first Christian ruler of the Roman Empire has also profoundly shaped the manner in which we frame Late Antiquity and successive periods as distinctively Christian. The modern demarcation of the post-classical period is often inseparable from the reign of Constantine. The attention given to Constantine as a liminal figure in this historical transformation is understandable. Constantine’s support of Christianity provided the religion with unprecedented public respectability and public expressions of that support opened previously unimagined channels of social, political and economic influence to Christians and non-Christians alike. The exact nature of Constantine’s involvement or intervention has been the subject of continuous and densely argued debate. Interpretations of the motives and sincerity of his conversion to Christianity have characterized, with various results, explanations of everything from the religious culture of the late Roman state to the dynamics of ecclesiastical politics. What receives less-frequent attention is the fact that our modern appreciation of Constantine as a pivotal historical figure is itself a direct result of the manner in which Constantine’s memory was constructed by the human imagination over the course of centuries. This volume offers a series of snapshots of moments in that process from the fourth to the sixteenth century.

Author : A. H. M. Jones
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2011-03-23
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781446547052

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Constantine and the Conversion of Europe by A. H. M. Jones Pdf

Constantine the Great was Roman Emperor from 306 to 337 AD. As emperor, Constantine enacted many administrative, financial, social, and military reforms to strengthen the empire. The government was restructured and civil and military authority separated. A new gold coin, the solidus, was introduced to combat inflation. It would become the standard for Byzantine and European currencies for more than a thousand years.

Author : Maurice F. Wiles,Edward Yarnold,Paul M. Parvis
Publisher : Peeters Publishers
Page : 630 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Asceticism
ISBN : 9042908815

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Biblica by Maurice F. Wiles,Edward Yarnold,Paul M. Parvis Pdf

Author : Michael Grant
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2011-12-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781780222806

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The Emperor Constantine by Michael Grant Pdf

A study of one of the ancient world's most fascinating figures. Fascinating and readable biography by a great populariser of classical civilisation. Directly responsible for momentous transformations of the Imperial scene, Constantine will always be famous as the 1st Christian Emperor of Rome, and for refounding ancient Byzantium as Constantinople - events which rank amongst the most significant in history. In art, politics, economics and particularly in religion, the life of Constantine acts as a bridge between past and present. Was he the last notable Roman Emperor, or the first medieval monarch ? Was the Great convert a saint and hero, or should we regard him as a murderer who killed his wife, his eldest son , and many of his friends to further his own ambitions? These are just some of the issues that are raised in this stimulating biography.

Author : H. A. Drake
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 636 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2002-09-17
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0801871042

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Constantine and the Bishops by H. A. Drake Pdf

Historians who viewed imperial Rome in terms of a conflict between pagans and Christians have often regarded Constantine's conversion as the triumph of Christianity over paganism. Here Drake offers a fresh understanding of Constantine's rule.

Author : Raymond Van Dam
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2011-04-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9781139499729

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Remembering Constantine at the Milvian Bridge by Raymond Van Dam Pdf

Constantine's victory in 312 at the battle of the Milvian Bridge established his rule as the first Christian emperor. This book examines the creation and dissemination of the legends about that battle and its significance. Christian histories, panegyrics and an honorific arch at Rome soon commemorated his victory, and the emperor himself contributed to the myth by describing his vision of a cross in the sky before the battle. Through meticulous research into the late Roman narratives and the medieval and Byzantine legends, this book moves beyond a strictly religious perspective by emphasizing the conflicts about the periphery of the Roman empire, the nature of emperorship and the role of Rome as a capital city. Throughout late antiquity and the medieval period, memories of Constantine's victory served as a powerful paradigm for understanding rulership in a Christian society.

Author : Charles Odahl
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 435 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2010-07-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781136961281

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Constantine and the Christian Empire by Charles Odahl Pdf

Drawing on over a quarter of a century of the author's research and experience, this book focuses on the man and his life for scholars, students, and those interested in Roman imperial, early Christian, and Byzantine imperial history. It is illustrated with ninety-two photographs and eight maps.

Author : David Stone Potter
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : History
ISBN : 9780190231620

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Constantine the Emperor by David Stone Potter Pdf

With a critical eye aimed at earlier accounts of Constantine's life, the author aims to provide the most comprehensive, authoritative and readable account of the Roman emperor's extraordinary life.

Author : Christopher P. Jones
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 127 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2014-03-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780674369528

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Between Pagan and Christian by Christopher P. Jones Pdf

For the early Christians, “pagan” referred to a multitude of unbelievers: Greek and Roman devotees of the Olympian gods, and “barbarians” such as Arabs and Germans with their own array of deities. But while these groups were clearly outsiders or idolaters, who and what was pagan depended on the outlook of the observer, as Christopher Jones shows in this fresh and penetrating analysis. Treating paganism as a historical construct rather than a fixed entity, Between Pagan and Christian uncovers the ideas, rituals, and beliefs that Christians and pagans shared in Late Antiquity. While the emperor Constantine’s conversion in 312 was a momentous event in the history of Christianity, the new religion had been gradually forming in the Roman Empire for centuries, as it moved away from its Jewish origins and adapted to the dominant pagan culture. Early Christians drew on pagan practices and claimed important pagans as their harbingers—asserting that Plato, Virgil, and others had glimpsed Christian truths. At the same time, Greeks and Romans had encountered in Judaism observances and beliefs shared by Christians such as the Sabbath and the idea of a single, creator God. Polytheism was the most obvious feature separating paganism and Christianity, but pagans could be monotheists, and Christians could be accused of polytheism and branded as pagans. In the diverse religious communities of the Roman Empire, as Jones makes clear, concepts of divinity, conversion, sacrifice, and prayer were much more fluid than traditional accounts of early Christianity have led us to believe.

Author : Stephen Mitchell,Geoffrey Greatrex
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 630 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2023-05-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9781119768579

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A History of the Later Roman Empire, AD 284-700 by Stephen Mitchell,Geoffrey Greatrex Pdf

A sweeping historical account of the Later Roman Empire incorporating the latest scholarly research In the newly revised 3rd edition of A History of the Later Roman Empire, 284-700, distinguished historians Geoffrey Greatrex and Stephen Mitchell deliver a thoroughly up-to-date discussion of the Later Roman Empire. It includes tables of information, numerous illustrations, maps, and chronological overviews. As the only single volume covering Late Antiquity and the early Islamic period, the book is designed as a comprehensive historical handbook covering the entire span between the Roman Empire to the Islamic conquests. The third edition is a significant expansion of the second edition—published in 2015—and includes two new chapters covering the seventh century. The rest of the work has been updated and revised, providing readers with a sweeping historical survey of the struggles, triumphs, and disasters of the Roman Empire, from the accession of the emperor Diocletian in AD 284 to the closing years of the seventh century. It also offers: A thorough description of the massive political and military transformations in Rome’s western and eastern empires Comprehensive explorations of the latest research on the Later Roman Empire Practical discussions of the tumultuous period ushered in by the Arab conquests Extensive updates, revisions, and corrections of the second edition Perfect for undergraduate and postgraduate students of ancient, medieval, early European, and Near Eastern history, A History of the Later Roman Empire, 284-700 will also benefit lay readers with an interest in the relevant historical period and students taking a survey course involving the late Roman Empire.

Author : Timothy David Barnes
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : History
ISBN : 0674165314

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Constantine and Eusebius by Timothy David Barnes Pdf

Here is the fullest available narrative history of the reigns of Diocletian and Constantine, and a new assessment of the part Christianity played in the Roman world of the third and fourth centuries.