Research Catalog

Title

Christianity in the later Roman empire : a sourcebook / David M. Gwynn.

Author

Gwynn, David M. (David Morton), 1975-

Publication

London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2015.

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Details

Description

xix, 293 pages; 25 cm.

Summary

"This sourcebook gathers into a single collection the writings that illuminate one of the most fundamental periods in the history of Christian Europe. Beginning from the Great Persecution of Diocletian and the conversion of Constantine the first Christian Roman emperor, the volume explores Christianity's rise as the dominant religion of the Later Roman empire and how the Church survived the decline and fall of Roman power in the west and converted the Germanic tribes who swept into the western empire. These years of crisis and transformation inspired generations of great writers, among them Eusebius of Caesarea, Ammianus Marcellinus, Julian 'the Apostate', Ambrose of Milan, John Chrysostom, Jerome and Augustine of Hippo. They were also years which saw Christianity face huge challenges on many crucial questions, from the evolution of Christian doctrine and the rise of asceticism to the place of women in the early Church and the emerging relationship between Church and state. All these themes will be made accessible to specialists and general readers alike, and the sourcebook will be invaluable for students and teachers of courses in history and church history, the world of late antiquity, and religious studies"--

Series Statement

Bloomsbury sources in ancient history

Uniform Title

Bloomsbury sources in ancient history.

Subjects

• Christian literature, Early
• Christianity > Early works to 1800

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Christianity and Rome -- The Great Persecution -- The Conversion of Constantine -- Constantine and the Imperial Church -- The Donatist Schism -- The Doctrine of the Trinity -- Scripture and Liturgy -- The Ecclesiastical Hierarchy -- Emperor and Bishop -- Asceticism and Monasticism -- Christianization -- Paideia : Christianity and Classical Culture -- Christians, Jews and Manichees -- Gender and Society -- Holy Men and Holy Women -- Pilgrimage and Relics -- Missionaries and Kings -- The City of God -- The Christological Controversies -- Christianity and the Barbarian Invasions -- Epilogue : The Dawn of Medieval Christendom.

Call Number

JFE 14-8373

ISBN

• 9781441122551
• 1441122559
• 9781441106261
• 144110626X
• 9781441137357 (canceled/invalid)
• 9781441180391 (ePDF) (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2014012906

OCLC

657603092

Author

Gwynn, David M. (David Morton), 1975- author.

Title

Christianity in the later Roman empire : a sourcebook / David M. Gwynn.

Publisher

London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2015.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Bloomsbury sources in ancient history

Bloomsbury sources in ancient history.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Research Call Number

JFE 14-8373