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Emperors and Bishops in Late Roman Invective.
An analysis of the earliest surviving invectives against a living Roman emperor and their significance for political and religious history.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2013.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Emperors and Bishops in Late Roman Invective; Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; Power and perception in late antiquity; Christian and Christian in an age of anxiety; Christianity and the empire of rhetoric; Authority and the scared; Constantius and the bishops; Chapter One Praise and blame in the Roman world; The rhetoric of power; The power of rhetoric; Learning to praise; Learning to blame; Polemic and power; Christianity and invective; Christianity and panegyric; Chapter Two Constructing a Christian tyrant; Family and ancestry.
- Virtues and vicesThe emperor's new past; Making an entrance; Chapter Three Writing auto-hagiography; Invective and the orator; Reliving without dying; The heirs of the martyrs; Lucifer and martyrdom; Chapter Four Living up to the past; The eternal heretic; Chain of continuity; Fides tradita per beatos apostolos; Hilary and Auxentius; Epilogue; Appendix 1: Altercatio Heracliani cum Germinio; Appendix 2: Epistula Liberii papae ad Eusebium, Dionysiumet Luciferum in exsilio constitutos; Appendix 3: Epistula Luciferi, Pancratii et Hilarii; Appendix 4: Letters of Eusebius of Vercelli.
- Eusebius of Vercel l i, Letter 1Eusebius of Vercel l i, Letter 3; Appendix 5: Hilary of Poitiers, Contra Auxentium; Bibliography; Index.