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...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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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.