Pagan City And Christian Capital

Author : John Curran
Publisher : Clarendon Press
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2002-06-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9780191581977

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Pagan City and Christian Capital by John Curran Pdf

The critical century between the arrival of Constantine and the advance of Alaric in the early fifth century witnessed dramatic changes in the city of Rome. In this book Dr Curran has broken away from the usual notions of religious conflict between Christians and pagans, to focus on a number of approaches to the Christianization of Rome. He surveys the laws and political considerations which governed the building policy of Constantine and his successors, the effect of papal building and commemorative constructions on Roman topography, the continuing ambivalence of the Roman festal calendar, and the conflict between Christians over asceticism and 'real' Christianity. Thus using analytical, literary, and legal evidence Dr Curran explains the way in which the landscape, civic life, and moral values of Rome were transformed by complex and sometimes paradoxical forces, laying the foundation for the capital of medieval Christendom. Through a study of Rome as a city Dr Curran explores the rise of Christianity and the decline of paganism in the later Roman empire.

Author : John R. Curran
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 389 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : 0199254206

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Pagan City and Christian Capital by John R. Curran Pdf

'a welcome addition to this distinguished series... the author has new insights to offer in every chapter... an impressive achievement, a work of great learning and meticulous documentation yet never dull and always readable.' -Fred S. Kleiner, Bryn Mawr Classical ReviewAn original and lively study of the transformation of the landscape, civic life, and moral values of the pagan city of Rome following the conversion of the emperor Constantine in the early fourth century. It examines the effects of the rise of Christianity and the decline of paganism in the later Roman empire, which laid the foundation for the capital of medieval Christendom.

Author : Alan Cameron
Publisher : OUP USA
Page : 891 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199747276

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The Last Pagans of Rome by Alan Cameron Pdf

In a detailed analysis of the visual and textual evidence, this book disputes the widely held view that the late fourth century saw a vigorous and determined "pagan reaction" to the take-over of the Roman world by Christianity, at both the political and cultural level.

Author : Stephen Benko
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1986-07-22
Category : History
ISBN : 0253203856

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Pagan Rome and the Early Christians by Stephen Benko Pdf

"In the early Roman empire, Christians were seen by pagans as overthrowers of ancient gods and destroyers of the prevailing social order. Allegations that Christians recognized each other by secret marks, met at night and made love to one another indiscriminately, worshipped the head of an ass and the genitals of their high priests, and ate children were widely believed. In examining these charges and the Christian response to them, Benko has provided a persuasively argued and refreshing, if controversial, perspective on the confrontation of the pagan and early Christian worlds."[book cover].

Author : Henry Hart Milman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 522 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1870
Category : Church history
ISBN : UCAL:$B301654

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The History of Christianity from the Birth of Christ to the Abolition of Paganism in the Roman Empire by Henry Hart Milman Pdf

Author : Rodolfo Amedeo Lanciani
Publisher : Litres
Page : 559 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2019-07-27
Category : Education
ISBN : 9785041823702

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Pagan and Christian Rome by Rodolfo Amedeo Lanciani Pdf

Author : Ramsay MacMullen,Eugene Lane
Publisher : Fortress Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1992-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1451407858

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Paganism and Christianity, 100-425 C.E. by Ramsay MacMullen,Eugene Lane Pdf

This book is a collection of nearly 175 documents?from saints, emperors, philosophers, satirists, inscriptions, graffiti, and other interesting types?that sheds light on the complex fabric of religious belief as it changed from a variety of non-Judeo-Christian movements to Christian in late antiquity. These texts illuminate and bring to life the bizarre and the banal of the social world of the Roman Empire, the world in which Christianity ultimately gained preeminence. This treasury of texts leads the reader through the matrix of beliefs among which Christianity grew. It includes both Christian and non-Christian sources, avoiding a common but obscuring division between the two. The material is presented as one single flow that satisfies natural curiosity and whets the reader's appetite for more. Brief explanatory introductions to the documents are included.

Author : Ramsay MacMullen
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1981-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0300029845

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Paganism in the Roman Empire by Ramsay MacMullen Pdf

"MacMullen...has published several books in recent years which establish him, rightfully, as a leading social historian of the Roman Empire. The current volume exhibits many of the characteristics of its predecessors: the presentation of novel, revisionist points of view...; discrete set pieces of trenchant argument which do not necessarily conform to the boundaries of traditional history; and an impressive, authoritative, and up-to-date documentation, especially rich in primary sources...A stimulating and provocative discourse on Roman paganism as a phenomenon worthy of synthetic investigation in its own right and as the fundamental context for the rise of Christianity.”--Richard Brilliant, History "MacMullen’s latest work represents many features of paganism in its social context more vividly and clearly than ever before.”--Fergus Millar, American Historical Review "The major cults...are examined from a social and cultural perspective and with the aid of many recently published specialized studies...Students of the Roman Empire...should read this book.”--Robert J, Penella, Classical World "A distinguished book with much exact observation...An indispensable mine of erudition on a grand theme.” Henry Chadwick, Times Literary Supplement Ramsay MacMullen is Dunham Professor of History and Classics at Yale University and the author of Roman Government’s Response to Crisis, A.D. 235-337 and Roman Social Relations, 50 B.C. to A.D. 284

Author : William Reginald Halliday
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015003363689

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The Pagan Background of Early Christianity by William Reginald Halliday Pdf

A series of ten lectures delivered on behalf of the Liverpool Board of Biblical Studies. The author's aim in this collection is to paint a picture of the general character of pagan society and pagan thought during the early centuries of the Christian era. Includes the following lectures: introductory; administration, municipalities, guilds; communications; society and social ethics; eastern and western elements in Greco-Roman civilization; decline of rationalism; union with God and the immortality of the soul; mystery religions; Mithraism; similarity of Christian and pagan ritual.

Author : Richard Krautheimer
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2023-11-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780520312845

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Three Christian Capitals by Richard Krautheimer Pdf

Author : Edward J. Watts
Publisher : University of California Press
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2020-08-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780520379220

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The Final Pagan Generation by Edward J. Watts Pdf

A compelling history of radical transformation in the fourth-century--when Christianity decimated the practices of traditional pagan religion in the Roman Empire. The Final Pagan Generation recounts the fascinating story of the lives and fortunes of the last Romans born before the Emperor Constantine converted to Christianity. Edward J. Watts traces their experiences of living through the fourth century’s dramatic religious and political changes, when heated confrontations saw the Christian establishment legislate against pagan practices as mobs attacked pagan holy sites and temples. The emperors who issued these laws, the imperial officials charged with implementing them, and the Christian perpetrators of religious violence were almost exclusively young men whose attitudes and actions contrasted markedly with those of the earlier generation, who shared neither their juniors’ interest in creating sharply defined religious identities nor their propensity for violent conflict. Watts examines why the "final pagan generation"—born to the old ways and the old world in which it seemed to everyone that religious practices would continue as they had for the past two thousand years—proved both unable to anticipate the changes that imperially sponsored Christianity produced and unwilling to resist them. A compelling and provocative read, suitable for the general reader as well as students and scholars of the ancient world.

Author : Michele Renee Salzman,Marianne Sághy,Rita Lizzi Testa
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 439 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107110304

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Pagans and Christians in Late Antique Rome by Michele Renee Salzman,Marianne Sághy,Rita Lizzi Testa Pdf

This book sheds new light on the religious and consequently social changes taking place in late antique Rome. The essays in this volume argue that the once-dominant notion of pagan-Christian religious conflict cannot fully explain the texts and artifacts, as well as the social, religious, and political realities of late antique Rome. Together, the essays demonstrate that the fourth-century city was a more fluid, vibrant, and complex place than was previously thought. Competition between diverse groups in Roman society - be it pagans with Christians, Christians with Christians, or pagans with pagans - did create tensions and hostility, but it also allowed for coexistence and reduced the likelihood of overt violent, physical conflict. Competition and coexistence, along with conflict, emerge as still central paradigms for those who seek to understand the transformations of Rome from the age of Constantine through the early fifth century.

Author : Tertullian
Publisher : Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2001-09
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015053524032

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Christian and Pagan in the Roman Empire by Tertullian Pdf

In this volume, Robert D. Sider undertakes a judicious pruning of the original texts and brings a fresh accessibility to the important writings of Tertullian.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 603 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2013-09-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004258150

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Court Ceremonies and Rituals of Power in Byzantium and the Medieval Mediterranean by Anonim Pdf

Publicly performed rituals and ceremonies form an essential part of medieval political practice and court culture. This applies not only to western feudal societies, but also to the linguistically and culturally highly diversified environment of Byzantium and the Mediterranean basin. The continuity of Roman traditions and cross-fertilization between various influences originating from Constantinople, Armenia, the Arab-Muslim World, and western kingdoms and naval powers provide the framework for a distinct sphere of ritual expression and ceremonial performance. This collective volume, placing Byzantium into a comparative perspective between East and West, examines transformative processes from Late Antiquity to the Middle Ages, succession procedures in different political contexts, phenomena of cross-cultural appropriation and exchange, and the representation of rituals in art and literature. Contributors are Maria Kantirea, Martin Hinterberger, Walter Pohl, Andrew Marsham, Björn Weiler, Eric J. Hanne, Antonia Giannouli, Jo Van Steenbergen, Stefan Burkhardt, Ioanna Rapti, Jonathan Shepard, Panagiotis Agapitos, Henry Maguire, Christine Angelidi and Margaret Mullett.

Author : Christopher P. Jones
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2014-03-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780674369511

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Between Pagan and Christian by Christopher P. Jones Pdf

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 Christian and Pagan uncovers the fluid ideas, rituals, and beliefs that Christians and pagans shared in Late Antiquity.