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The family in late antiquity : the rise of Christianity and the endurance of tradition / Geoffrey S. Nathan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nathan, Geoffrey S.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Families--Rome.
- Families.
- Families--Religious aspects--Christianity--History of doctrines--Early church, ca. 30-600.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (289 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2000.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The Family in Late Antiquity offers a challenging, well-argued and coherent study of the family in the late Roman world and the influence of the emerging Christian religion on its structure and value.Before the Roman Empire's political disintegration in the west, enormous political, religious and cultural changes took place in the period of late antiquity. This book is the first comprehensive study of the family in the later Roman Empire, from approximately 300 AD to 550 AD. Geoffrey Nathan analyses the classical Roman family as well as early Christian notions of this most basic u
- Contents:
- Book Cover; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 246-261) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-18488-4
- 9786610184880
- 1-134-70669-3
- 0-203-27092-4
- 0-203-00669-0
- 9780203006696
- OCLC:
- 701827489
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