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Early Christian hagiography and Roman history / Timothy D. Barnes.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Barnes, Timothy David, author.
- Series:
- Tria corda ; 5.
- Tria corda
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Christian hagiography--History--To 1500.
- Christian hagiography.
- History.
- Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
- Church history.
- Church history--Primitive and early church.
- Christian saints--Rome--History.
- Christian saints.
- Rome (Empire).
- Genre:
- Church history.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xx, 437 pages ; 19 cm.
- Edition:
- Second, revised edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Tübingen, Germany : Mohr Siebeck, [2016]
- Contents:
- Apostles and martyrs : hagiography and the cult of the saints
- Documents from the period of persecution (to 260)
- The 'great persecution' (303-313)
- The beginnings of fictitious hagiography
- Saint Martin of Tours : history and invention
- History and fiction in the fifth and sixth centuries
- Early Christian hagiography and modern historical scholarship.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 3161544978
- 9783161544972
- OCLC:
- 939714504
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