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Constantine : history, historiography, and legend /

Constantine examines the reign of Constantine, the first Christian emperor and the founder of Constantinople. From a variety of angles: historical, historiographical and mythical. The volume examines the circumstances of Constantine's reign and the historical problems surrounding them, the vari...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Lieu, Samuel N. C., Montserrat, Dominic, 1964-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Routledge, 2002.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction AVERIL CAMERON; Constantine: history and historiography; Constantine, Athanasius and the Christian Church TIMOTHY BARNES; Christianity and the Late Roman Army ROGER TOMLIN; The cities of Asia Minor in the age of Constantine STEPHEN MITCHELL; The illegitimacy of Constantine and the birth of the tetrarchy BILL LEADBETTER; Some Constantinian documents in the Vita Constantini STUART G. HALL; Constantine: Legend; Biographical Models: the Constantinian period and beyond ANNA WILSON
  • From history to legend and legend to history: The medieval and Byzantine transformation of Constantine's Vita SAMUEL LIEUConstantine in Coptic: Egyptian constructions of Constantine the Great TERRY WILFONG; Constantine, St Aldhelm and the Loathly Lady JANE STEVENSON; Bibliography; Indices