Constantine the Emperor
Author: David Stone Potter
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2015
Total Pages: 385
ISBN-13: 0190231629
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn authoritative and vibrant new account of the extraordinary life of Constantine.
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Author: David Stone Potter
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2015
Total Pages: 385
ISBN-13: 0190231629
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn authoritative and vibrant new account of the extraordinary life of Constantine.
Author: Samuel N. C. Lieu
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2002-03-11
Total Pages: 395
ISBN-13: 113484185X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKConstantine examines the reign of Constantine, the first Christian emperor and the founder of Constantinople. From a variety of angles: historical, historiographical and mythical. The volume examines the circumstances of Constantine's reign and the historical problems surrounding them, the varied accounts of Constantine's life and the plethora of popular medieval legends surrounding the reign, to reveal the different visions and representations of the emperor from saint and patron of the Western church to imperial prototype. Constantine: History, Historiography and Legend presents a comprehensive and arresting study of this important and controversial emperor.
Author: H. A. Drake
Publisher: JHU Press
Published: 2002-09-17
Total Pages: 636
ISBN-13: 9780801871047
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHistorians who viewed imperial Rome in terms of a conflict between pagans and Christians have often regarded Constantine's conversion as the triumph of Christianity over paganism. Here Drake offers a fresh understanding of Constantine's rule.
Author: Paul Stephenson
Publisher: Abrams
Published: 2010-06-10
Total Pages: 374
ISBN-13: 1468303007
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis “knowledgeable account” of the emperor who brought Christianity to Rome “provides valuable insight into Constantine’s era” (Kirkus Reviews). “By this sign conquer.” So began the reign of Constantine. In 312 A.D. a cross appeared in the sky above his army as he marched on Rome. In answer, Constantine bade his soldiers to inscribe the cross on their shield, and so fortified, they drove their rivals into the Tiber and claimed Rome for themselves. Constantine led Christianity and its adherents out of the shadow of persecution. He united the western and eastern halves of the Roman Empire, raising a new city center in the east. When barbarian hordes consumed Rome itself, Constantinople remained as a beacon of Roman Christianity. Constantine is a fascinating survey of the life and enduring legacy of perhaps the greatest and most unjustly ignored of the Roman emperors—written by a richly gifted historian. Paul Stephenson offers a nuanced and deeply satisfying account of a man whose cultural and spiritual renewal of the Roman Empire gave birth to the idea of a unified Christian Europe underpinned by a commitment to religious tolerance. “Successfully combines historical documents, examples of Roman art, sculpture, and coinage with the lessons of geopolitics to produce a complex biography of the Emperor Constantine.” —Publishers Weekly
Author: Charles Odahl
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2010-07-02
Total Pages: 569
ISBN-13: 1136961275
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis biographical narrative is a detailed portrayal of the life and career of the first Christian emperor Constantine the Great (273 – 337). Combining vivid narrative and historical analysis, Charles Odahl relates the rise of Constantine amid the crises of the late Roman world, his dramatic conversion to and public patronage of Christianity, and his church building programs in Rome, Jerusalem and Constantinople which transformed the pagan state of Roman antiquity into the Christian empire medieval Byzantium. The author’s comprehensive knowledge of the literary sources and his extensive research into the material remains of the period mean that this volume provides a more rounded and accurate portrait of Constantine than previously available. This revised second edition includes: An expanded and revised final chapter A new Genealogy and an expanded Chronology New illustrations Revised and updated Notes and Bibliography A landmark publication in Roman Imperial, early Christian, and Byzantine history, Constantine and the Christian Empire will remain the standard account of the subject for years to come.
Author: Donna Grant
Publisher:
Published: 2018-02-19
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 9781942017424
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: R.H.C. Davis
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-08-16
Total Pages: 443
ISBN-13: 1317867882
DOWNLOAD EBOOKR.C. Davis provided the classic account of the European medieval world; equipping generations of undergraduate and ‘A’ level students with sufficient grasp of the period to debate diverse historical perspectives and reputations. His book has been important grounding for both modernists required to take a course in medieval history, and those who seek to specialise in the medieval period. In updating this classic work to a third edition, the additional author now enables students to see history in action; the diverse viewpoints and important research that has been undertaken since Davis’ second edition, and progressed historical understanding. Each of Davis original chapters now concludes with a ‘new directions and developments’ section by Professor RI Moore, Emeritus of Newcastle University. A key work updated in a method that both enhances subject understanding and sets important research in its wider context. A vital resource, now up-to-date for generations of historians to come.
Author: Dean Dudley
Publisher:
Published: 1915
Total Pages: 138
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Noel Emmanuel Lenski
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 546
ISBN-13: 9780521521574
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe 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.
Author: Donna Grant
Publisher:
Published: 2020-12
Total Pages: 136
ISBN-13: 9781942017677
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