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Prudentius, Spain, and late antique Christianity : poetry, visual culture, and the cult of martyrs / Paula Hershkowitz.
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- Author/Creator:
- Hershkowitz, Paula, 1944- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Prudentius, 348---Criticism and interpretation.
- Prudentius.
- Prudentius, 348-.
- Martyrs in literature.
- Christian poetry, Latin--History and criticism.
- Christian poetry, Latin.
- Criticism and interpretation.
- Spain--History--To 711.
- Spain.
- History.
- Spain--Social conditions--To 1800.
- Social conditions.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 254 pages) : illustrations, maps
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2017.
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- An introduction to Prudentius: A Spanish poet for the martyrs
- Prudentius' audience: society and religious belief in late antique Hispania
- The Peristephanon and the martyr cults in Roman Spain
- Visual culture and martyrs: Prudentius, painter of pictures in words
- Prudentius' poetry in the context of the late antique visual culture of Hispania
- An epilogue for a Christian poet
- Appendix: Myths in Prudentius' poems and Spanish mosaics."
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 226-246) and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Cambridge Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781316569917
- 1316569918
- Publisher Number:
- 99978823606
- 40027090529
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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