The Cambridge companion to the Age of Constantine

Publication/Creation:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006

Resource Type:

Book

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Full Title:

The Cambridge companion to the Age of Constantine / edited by Noel Lenski

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Abbreviations --
Introduction /
Sources for the history of Constantine /
Politics and personalities.
Before Constantine /
The reign of Constantine /
The dynasty of Constantine down to 363 /
Religion and spiritual life.
The impact of Constantine on Christianity /
The beginnings of Christianization /
Traditional religions /
Law and society.
Bureaucracy and government /
Civil law and social life /
Economy and society /
Art and culture.
Perspectives in art /
Architecture of empire /
Constantine in legendary literature /
Empire and beyond.
Warfare and the military /
Constantine and the northern barbarians /
Constantine and the peoples of the eastern frontier /
Appendix 1 : stemmata --
Appendix 2 : timeline --
Maps.

Variant Titles:

Companion to the Age of Constantine
Age of Constantine

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Additional Author/Creators:

Lenski, Noel Emmanuel, 1965-

Subjects/Genre

Subjects:

ConstantineI,Emperor of Rome,-337
Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600
Rome--History--Constantine I, the Great, 306-337

Description/Summary

Table of Contents:

Abbreviations -- Introduction / Noel Lenski -- Sources for the history of Constantine / Bruno Bleckmann -- Politics and personalities. Before Constantine / Simon Corcoran. The reign of Constantine / Noel Lenski. The dynasty of Constantine down to 363 / Robert M. Frakes -- Religion and spiritual life. The impact of Constantine on Christianity / H.A. Drake. The beginnings of Christianization / Mark Edwards. Traditional religions / A.D. Lee -- Law and society. Bureaucracy and government / Christopher Kelly. Civil law and social life / Caroline Humfress. Economy and society / Georges Depeyrot -- Art and culture. Perspectives in art / Jaś Elsner. Architecture of empire / Mark J. Johnson. Constantine in legendary literature / Samuel N.C. Lieu -- Empire and beyond. Warfare and the military / Hugh Elton. Constantine and the northern barbarians / Michael Kulikowski. Constantine and the peoples of the eastern frontier / Elizabeth Key Fowden -- Appendix 1 : stemmata -- Appendix 2 : timeline -- Maps.

Language:

English

Language Note:

Text in English; includes one essay translated from German.

Physical Type/Description:

xviii, 469 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

990005571370302486

ISBN:

9780521818384 (hardback)
9780521521574 (pbk.)
9780521818384 (hardcover)
0521818389 (hardback)
0521521572 (pbk.)

OCLC Number:

59402008

Barcode:

010001092931
300000303870