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Prudentius, Spain, and late antique Christianity : poetry, visual culture, and the cult of martyrs / Paula Hershkowitz.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Hershkowitz, Paula, 1944- author.
Contributor:
Cambridge University Press.
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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