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The making of a Christian aristocracy : social and religious change in the western Roman Empire /

"What did it take to cause the Roman aristocracy to turn to Christianity, changing centuries-old beliefs and religious traditions? Michele Salzman takes a fresh approach to this much-debated question. Focusing on the lives of over four hundred aristocratic men and women as well as on writings a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Salzman, Michele Renee (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2002.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Approaches to a paradox
  • Defining the senatorial aristocracy
  • Aristocratic men : social origins
  • Aristocratic men : career paths
  • Aristocratic women
  • The Emperor's influence on aristocratic conversion
  • The aristocrats' influence on christianity
  • Tables
  • Appendix 1 : Sources, criteria, and variables for the database
  • Appendix 2 : Names and religious affiliation of aristocrats in the study
  • Appendix 3 : Sources for the database--addenda and corrigenda to PLRE
  • Appendix 4 : High office holders
  • Abbreviations and frequently cited works
  • Notes
  • Index.