The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Constantine, Volume 13Noel Emmanuel Lenski The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Constantine offers students a comprehensive one-volume survey of this pivotal emperor and his times. Richly illustrated and designed as a readable survey accessible to all audiences, it also achieves a level of scholarly sophistication and a freshness of interpretation that will be welcomed by the experts. The volume is divided into five sections that examine political history, religion, social and economic history, art, and foreign relations during the reign of Constantine, who steered the Roman Empire on a course parallel with his own personal development. |
Contents
Sources for the History of Constantine | 14 |
Before Constantine | 35 |
The Reign of Constantine | 59 |
The Dynasty of Constantine Down to 363 | 91 |
S The Impact of Constantine on Christianity III | 111 |
The Beginnings of Christianization | 137 |
Traditional Religions | 159 |
Bureaucracy and Government | 183 |
Architecture of Empire | 278 |
Constantine in Legendary Literature | 298 |
Warfare and the Military | 325 |
IS Constantine and the Northern Barbarians | 347 |
Constantine and the Peoples of the Eastern Frontier | 377 |
Stemmata | 399 |
Primary Sources and Translations | 411 |
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The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Constantine, Volume 13 Noel Emmanuel Lenski No preview available - 2006 |
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References to this book
Christianity, Empire, and the Making of Religion in Late Antiquity Jeremy M. Schott No preview available - 2008 |