The Cambridge companion to the Age of Constantine / edited by Noel Lenski.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lenski, Noel Emmanuel, 1965-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rome--History--Constantine I, the Great, 306-337.

Rome.

Rome (Empire).

History.

Constantine I, Emperor of Rome, -337.

Constantine.

Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.

Church history.

Church history--Primitive and early church.

Physical Description:

xx, 471 pages, 49 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Edition:

Revised edition.

Other Title:

Companion to the Age of Constantine

Age of Constantine

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.

Summary:

This Companion offers students a comprehensive one-volume survey of this pivotal emperor and his times. Richly illustrated and designed as a survey accessible to all audiences, it also achieves a level of scholarly sophistication and originality 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:

1. Sources for the history of Constantine / Bruno Blackmann

Section I. Politics and Personalities :

2. Before Constantine / Simon Corcoran

3. The reign of Constantine / Noel Lenski

4. The dynasty of Constantine down to 363 / Robert M. Frakes

Section II. Religion and Spiritual Life :

5. The impact of Constantine on Christianity

6. The beginnings of Christianization / Mark Edward

7. Traditional religions / A. D. Lee

Section III. Law and Society :

8. Bureaucracy and government / Christopher Kelly

9. Civil law and social life / Caroline Humfress

10. Economy and society / Georges Depeyrot

Section IV. Art and Culture :

11. Perspectives in art / Jaś Elsner

12. Architecture of empire / Mark J. Johnson

13. Constantine in legendary literature / Samuel N. C. Lieu

Section V. Empire and Beyond :

14. Warfare and the military / Hugh Elton

15. Constantine and the northern barbarians / Michael Kulikowski

16. Constantine and the peoples of the eastern frontier / Elizabeth Key Fowden

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 419-457) and index.

ISBN:

9781107013407

1107013402

9781107601109

110760110X

9780521818384

9780521521574

OCLC:

746489728