Conversion in late antiquity and the early Middle Ages : seeing and believing / edited by Kenneth Mills and Anthony Grafton.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mills, Kenneth, 1964-

Grafton, Anthony

Constance L. Rosenthal Book Fund.

Series:

Studies in comparative history 1539-4905

Studies in comparative history, 1539-4905

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Conversion--Christianity--History--To 1500--Congresses.

Conversion.

Conversion--Christianity.

History.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

x, 283 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Rochester, N.Y. : University of Rochester Press, [2003]

Contents:

Inscriptions and conversions : Gregory of Nazianzus on baptism (Or. 38-40) / Susanna Elm

The politics of passing : Justin Martyr's conversion as a problem of "Hellenization" / Rebecca Lyman

Conversion and burial in the late Roman Empire / Eric Rebillard

Converting the un-Christianizable : the baptism of stage performers in late antiquity / Richard Lim

The many conversions of the emperor Constantine / Raymond Van Dam

Delivered from their ancient customs : Christianity and the question of cultural change in early Byzantine ethnography / Michael Maas

Emending evil ways and praising God's omnipotence : Einhard and the uses of Roman martyrs / Julia M.H. Smith

Seeing and believing : aspects of conversion from Antoninus Pius to Louis the Pious / Neil McLynn.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Constance L. Rosenthal Book Fund.

ISBN:

1580461255

OCLC:

51842135