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Online-Ressource (465 p)
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9780520284012
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Diliana Angelova argues that from the time of Augustus through early Byzantium, a discourse of ""sacred founders""-articulated in artwork, literature, imperial honors, and the built environment-helped legitimize the authority of the emperor and his family. The discourse coalesced around the central idea, bound to a myth of origins, that imperial men and women were sacred founders of the land, mirror images of the empire's divine founders. When Constantine and his formidable mother Helena established a new capital for the Roman Empire, they initiated the Christian transformation of this discour
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Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; PART I. THE FOUNDING DISCOURSE OF IMPERIAL ROME; 1. Founding, Power, and Authority: Mediterranean History and Augustan Innovations; 2. The Founder's Tomb and Posthumous Honors; 3. Women and Founding from Livia to Helena; PART II. CHRISTIAN TRANSFORMATIONS; 4. The Christian Founders Constantine and Helena; 5. Constantine's and Helena's Legacy in the Organization of Public Space; 6. Imperial Women and Civic Founding; 7. Koinōnia: The Christian Founders' Legacy in the Symbolism of Authority
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PART III. CHRISTIANITY AND THE FOUNDING DISCOURSE8. Christian Piety and the Making of a Christian Discourse of Imperial Founding; 9. Church Building and Founding; 10. The Virgin Mary, Christ, and the Discourse of Imperial Founding; Conclusion: Sacredness, Partnership, and Founding in the San Vitale Mosaics; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; Z
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780520959682
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780520284012
Additional Edition:
Print version Sacred Founders : Women, Men, and Gods in the Discourse of Imperial Founding, Rome through Early Byzantium
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English
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