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Constantine and the cities : imperial authority and civic politics /
Roman Emperor Constantine raised Christianity from a minority religion to imperial status, but his religious orientation was by no means unambiguous. In Constantine and the Cities, Noel Lenski demonstrates how the emperor and his subjects used the instruments of government in a struggle for authorit...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Philadelphia :
University of Pennsylvania Press,
[2016]
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| Colección: | Empire and after.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- Contents
- List of Maps
- Introduction. Many Faces of Constantine
- PART I. CONSTANTINE'S SELF-PRESENTATION
- Chapter 1. Constantine Develops
- Chapter 2. Constantinian Constants
- Chapter 3. Constantine and the Christians: Controlling the Message
- PART II. THE POWER OF PETITIONS
- Chapter 4. Approaching Constantine: The Orcistus Dossier
- Chapter 5. The Exigencies of Dialogue: Hispellum
- Chapter 6. Constantine's Cities in the West: Nomen Venerandum
- Chapter 7. Constantine's Cities in the East: Peer Polity Interaction
- PART III. RECONSTRUCTING THE ANCIENT CITY
- Chapter 8. Redistributing Wealth
- Chapter 9. Building Churches
- Chapter 10. Empowering Bishops
- PART IV. ALTERNATIVE RESPONSES TO CONSTANTINE
- Chapter 11. Engaging Cities
- Chapter 12. Resisting Cities
- Chapter 13. Opposing Christians: Donatists and Caecilianists
- Chapter 14. Complex Cities: Antioch and Alexandria
- Epilogue
- List of Sigla and Abbreviations
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Q
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- Z
- Acknowledgments.