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Title

There is no crime for those who have Christ : religious violence in the Christian Roman Empire / Michael Gaddis.

Author

Gaddis, Michael, 1970-

Publication

Berkeley : University of California Press, c2005.

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Description

xiv, 396 p.; 25 cm.

Series Statement

• Transformation of the classical heritage ; 39
• Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature

Subjects

• Martyrdom
• Violence > Religious aspects > Christianity
• Church history > 5th century
• Persecution
• Church history > 4th century

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 343-368) and index.

Contents

"What has the emperor to do with the church?" : persecution and martyrdom from Diocletian to Constantine -- "The God of the martyrs refuses you" : religious violence, political discourse, and Christian identity in the century after Constantine -- An eye for an eye : religious violence in donatist Africa -- Temperata severitas : Augustine, the state, and disciplinary violence -- "There is no crime for those who have Christ" : holy men and holy violence in the late fourth and early fifth centuries -- "The monks commit many crimes" : holy violence contested -- "Sanctify thy hand by the blow" : problematizing Episcopal power -- Non iudicium sed latrocinium : of Holy Synods and robber councils.

Call Number

JFE 05-10555

ISBN

0520241045 (alk. paper)

LCCN

2005005288

OCLC

58422766

Author

Gaddis, Michael, 1970-

Title

There is no crime for those who have Christ : religious violence in the Christian Roman Empire / Michael Gaddis.

Imprint

Berkeley : University of California Press, c2005.

Series

Transformation of the classical heritage ; 39

Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. 343-368) and index.

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Research Call Number

JFE 05-10555