Christianity in Ancient Rome
| Author | : Bernard Green |
| Publisher | : A&C Black |
| Total Pages | : 270 |
| Release | : 2010-04-15 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 0567032507 |
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Constantine
| Author | : Paul Stephenson |
| Publisher | : Abrams |
| Total Pages | : 374 |
| Release | : 2010-06-10 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1468303007 |
This “knowledgeable account” of the emperor who brought Christianity to Rome “provides valuable insight into Constantine’s era” (Kirkus Reviews). “By this sign conquer.” So began the reign of Constantine. In 312 A.D. a cross appeared in the sky above his army as he marched on Rome. In answer, Constantine bade his soldiers to inscribe the cross on their shield, and so fortified, they drove their rivals into the Tiber and claimed Rome for themselves. Constantine led Christianity and its adherents out of the shadow of persecution. He united the western and eastern halves of the Roman Empire, raising a new city center in the east. When barbarian hordes consumed Rome itself, Constantinople remained as a beacon of Roman Christianity. Constantine is a fascinating survey of the life and enduring legacy of perhaps the greatest and most unjustly ignored of the Roman emperors—written by a richly gifted historian. Paul Stephenson offers a nuanced and deeply satisfying account of a man whose cultural and spiritual renewal of the Roman Empire gave birth to the idea of a unified Christian Europe underpinned by a commitment to religious tolerance. “Successfully combines historical documents, examples of Roman art, sculpture, and coinage with the lessons of geopolitics to produce a complex biography of the Emperor Constantine.” —Publishers Weekly
The Christians and the Fall of Rome
| Author | : Edward Gibbon |
| Publisher | : Penguin Group |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2005 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9780143036241 |
Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives - and destroyed them. Now, Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization, and helped make us who we are. Penguin's Great Ideas series features twelve groundbreaking works by some of history's most prodigious thinkers, and each volume is beautifully packaged with a unique type-drive design that highlights the bookmaker's art. Offering great literature in great packages at great prices, this series is ideal for those readers who want to explore and savor the Great Ideas that have shaped the world. Edward Gibbon's subversive and iconoclastic description of the rise of Christianity inspired outrage upon publication, and remains one of the most eloquent and damning indictments of the delusory nature of faith.
Imperial Rome and Christian Triumph
| Author | : Jaś Elsner |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
| Total Pages | : 344 |
| Release | : 1998 |
| Genre | : Art |
| ISBN | : 9780192842015 |
Western culture saw some of the most significant and innovative developments take place during the passage from antiquity to the middle ages. This stimulating new book investigates the role of the visual arts as both reflections and agents of those changes. It tackles two inter-related periodsof internal transformation within the Roman Empire: the phenomenon known as the 'Second Sophistic' (c. ad 100300)two centuries of self-conscious and enthusiastic hellenism, and the era of late antiquity (c. ad 250450) when the empire underwent a religious conversion to Christianity. Vases, murals, statues, and masonry are explored in relation to such issues as power, death, society, acculturation, and religion. By examining questions of reception, viewing, and the culture of spectacle alongside the more traditional art-historical themes of imperial patronage and stylisticchange, Jas Elsner presents a fresh and challenging account of an extraordinarily rich cultural crucible in which many fundamental developments of later European art had their origins. 'a highly individual work . . . wonderful visual and comparative analysis . . . I can think of no other general book on Roman art that deals so elegantly and informatively with the theme of visuality and visual desire.' Professor Natalie Boymel Kampen, Barnard College, New York 'exciting and original . . . a vibrant impression of creative energy and innovation held in constant tension by the persistence of more traditional motifs and techniques. Elsner constantly surprises and intrigues the reader by approaching familiar material in new ways.' Professor Averil Cameron,Keble College, Oxford
Coming Out Christian in the Roman World
| Author | : Douglas Ryan Boin |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
| Total Pages | : 225 |
| Release | : 2015-03-03 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 1620403188 |
The supposed collapse of Roman civilization is still lamented more than 1,500 years later-and intertwined with this idea is the notion that a fledgling religion, Christianity, went from a persecuted fringe movement to an irresistible force that toppled the empire. The “intolerant zeal” of Christians, wrote Edward Gibbon, swept Rome's old gods away, and with them the structures that sustained Roman society. Not so, argues Douglas Boin. Such tales are simply untrue to history, and ignore the most important fact of all: life in Rome never came to a dramatic stop. Instead, as Boin shows, a small minority movement rose to transform society-politically, religiously, and culturally-but it was a gradual process, one that happened in fits and starts over centuries. Drawing upon a decade of recent studies in history and archaeology, and on his own research, Boin opens up a wholly new window onto a period we thought we knew. His work is the first to describe how Christians navigated the complex world of social identity in terms of “passing” and “coming out.” Many Christians lived in a dynamic middle ground. Their quiet success, as much as the clamor of martyrdom, was a powerful agent for change. With this insightful approach to the story of Christians in the Roman world, Douglas Boin rewrites, and rediscovers, the fascinating early history of a world faith.
The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Nero
| Author | : Shadi Bartsch |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 423 |
| Release | : 2017-11-09 |
| Genre | : Architecture |
| ISBN | : 1107052203 |
A lively and accessible guide to the rich literary, philosophical and artistic achievements of the notorious age of Nero.
Early Medieval Rome and the Christian West
| Author | : |
| Publisher | : BRILL |
| Total Pages | : 513 |
| Release | : 2021-10-01 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9004473572 |
This illustrated book is a coherently conceived collection of interdisciplinary essays by distinguished authors on the city of Rome and its contacts with western Christendom in the early Middle Ages (c. 500-1000 AD). The first part integrates historical, archaeological, numismatic and art historical approaches to studying the transition of the city of Rome from Antiquity to the Middle Ages and offers groundbreaking new analyses of selected sites and problems. Attention is given to the economic, social, religious and cultural history of the city. In the second part of the volume historical, archaeological, liturgical and palaeographical approaches address Rome's contacts and influence in Latin Christendom in this period, with particular regard to Rome's place within Italian politics and its cultural influence in Carolingian Francia and Anglo-Saxon England.
The Christian's Guide to Rome
| Author | : S. G. A. Luff |
| Publisher | : Burns & Oates |
| Total Pages | : 332 |
| Release | : 1967 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : |
Completely revised and updated for the modern-day pilgrom. The author's intimate knowledge of Rome and his readable style offer both pilgrims and ordinary visitors a chance to explore this fascinating city in detail. COmplete with simplified route maps and information on trips from Rome, together with black-and-white photographs.
The Christian Catacombs of Rome
| Author | : Vincenzo Fiocchi Nicolai |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 216 |
| Release | : 1999 |
| Genre | : Art |
| ISBN | : |
This volume deals with the Christian catacombs of Rome and presents the current state of research and knowledge concerning these extraordinary monuments that provide the most tangible and eloquent testimony of early Christianity. This volume is intended to represent the official publication on the Christian catacombs of Rome, prepared directly by members of the Pontificia Commissione di Archeologia Sacra. Through association with this commission, it has been possible to publish the most recent and up to date graphic and photographic documentation of the excavations and restorations carried out in the last few years in preparation for the Great Jubilee Year of 2000. It should be a useful and valuable didactic tool for visiting the catacombs of Rome, that, as the Holy Father has noted on numerous occasions, represent manditory destinations for all the pilgrims who will come to Rome in the year 2000 from all over the world. - Introduction.
