Emperors and bishops in late Roman invective /

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This innovative study illuminates the role of polemical literature in the political life of the Roman empire by examining the earliest surviving invectives directed against a living emperor. Written by three bishops (Athanasius of Alexandria, Hilary of Poitiers, Lucifer of Cagliari), these texts att...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Flower, Richard
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Temas:
30-600
Church history > Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
Invective > Rome > History.
Église > Histoire > ca 30-600 (Église primitive)
Invectives > Rome > Histoire.
RELIGION > Christian Church > History.
RELIGION > Christianity > History.
Church history > Primitive and early church
Invective
Polemiek.
Christenvervolgingen.
Vroege christendom.
Rome (Empire)
Romeinse rijk.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: the use of abuse
  • Praise and blame in the Roman world
  • Constructing a Christian tyrant
  • Writing auto-hagiography
  • Living up to the past
  • Epilogue.

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