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Cambridge Companion to the Age of Constantine

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ISBN-10: 110760110X

ISBN-13: 9781107601109

Edition: 2nd 2011 (Revised)

Authors: Noel Lenski

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The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Constantine offers students a comprehensive one-volume survey of this pivotal emperor and his times. Richly illustrated and designed as a readable survey accessible to all audiences, it also achieves a level of scholarly sophistication and a freshness of interpretation 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. Each chapter examines the intimate interplay between emperor and empire, and between a powerful…    
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Book details

List price: $62.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 12/29/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 492
Size: 5.98" wide x 8.98" long x 0.94" tall
Weight: 1.672
Language: English

List of illustrations
Contributors
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Introduction
Sources for the history of Constantine
Politics and Personalities
Before Constantine
The reign of Constantine
The dynasty of Constantine down to 363
Religion and Spiritual Life
The impact of Constantine on Christianity
The beginnings of Christianization
Traditional religion
Law and Society
Bureaucracy and government
Civil law and social life
Economy and society
Art and Culture
Perspectives in art
Architecture of Empire
Constantine in legendary literature
Empire and Beyond
Warfare and the military
Constantine and the Northern barbarians
Constantine and the peoples of the Eastern Frontier
Appendices
Maps
Primary sources and translations
Secondary bibliography
Index