Umfang:
1 Online Ressource (IX, 360 Seiten)
ISBN:
9783110486070
,
9783110485554
Serie:
Arbeiten zur Kirchengeschichte Volume 135
Inhalt:
It is estimated that only a small fraction, less than 1 per cent, of ancient literature has survived to the present day. The role of Christian authorities in the active suppression and destruction of books in Late Antiquity has received surprisingly little sustained consideration by academics. In an approach that presents evidence for the role played by Christian institutions, writers and saints, this book analyses a broad range of literary and legal sources, some of which have hitherto been little studied. Paying special attention to the problem of which genres and book types were likely to be targeted, the author argues that in addition to heretical, magical, astrological and anti-Christian books, other less obviously subversive categories of literature were also vulnerable to destruction, censorship or suppression through prohibition of the copying of manuscripts. These include texts from materialistic philosophical traditions, texts which were to become the basis for modern philosophy and science. This book examines how Christian authorities, theologians and ideologues suppressed ancient texts and associated ideas at a time of fundamental transformation in the late classical world.
Anmerkung:
Frontmatter -- -- Preface -- -- Contents -- -- Introduction -- -- 1 The Great Persecution, the Emperor Julian and Christian Reactions -- -- 2 Fahrenheit AD 451 – Imperial Legislation and Public Authority -- -- 3 Holy Men, Clerics and Ascetics -- -- 4 Materialist Philosophy -- -- 5 Moral Disapproval of Literary Genres -- -- 6 Destruction of Libraries -- -- 7 The Post-Roman Successor States -- -- Conclusion -- -- Bibliography -- -- Index of persons -- -- Subject index -- -- Index of passages
,
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
,
In English
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9783110484458
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Rohmann, Dirk, 1975 - Christianity, book-burning and censorship in late Antiquity Berlin : De Gruyter, 2016 ISBN 3110484455
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9783110484458
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 978-3-11-048445-8
Sprache:
Englisch
Fachgebiete:
Geschichte
Schlagwort(e):
Frühchristentum
;
Bücherverbrennung
;
Zensur
;
Antike
;
Literatur
;
Römisches Reich
;
Buchproduktion
;
Zensur
;
Bücherverbrennung
;
Geschichte 100-500
;
Zensur
;
Frühchristentum
;
Geschichte 100-500
DOI:
10.1515/9783110486070
URL:
Volltext
(Open Access)
Mehr zum Autor:
Rohmann, Dirk 1975-
Bookmarklink
