Format:
1 Online-Ressource (XIII, 91 S.)
Edition:
Canto edition
ISBN:
9780511802355
Series Statement:
Canto original series
Content:
The Christianisation of the Roman world lies at the root of modern Europe, yet at the time it was a tentative and piecemeal process. Peter Brown's fascinating study examines the factors which proved decisive and the compromises which made the emergence of the Christian 'thought world' possible: how the the old gods of the Roman Empire could be reinterpreted as symbols to further the message of the Church. Peter Brown also shows how Christian holy men were less representative of a triumphant faith than negotiators of a working compromise between the new faith and traditional ways of dealing with the supernatural worlds
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
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Erscheinungsjahr des E-Books: 2011
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Preface -- 1. Christianisation : narratives and processes -- 2. The limits of intolerance -- 3. Arbiters of the holy : the Christian holy man in late antiquity -- Notes -- Index
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 978-0-521-59557-5
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 0-521-49557-1
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 0-521-49904-6
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
,
Theology
Keywords:
Römisches Reich
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Christianisierung
;
Geschichte
;
Kirchengeschichte 30-600
;
Aufsatzsammlung
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9780511802355
URL:
Volltext
(URL des Erstveröffentlichers)
Author information:
Brown, Peter 1935-
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