Patrician & Plebeian

Patrician & Plebeian

Author: Thomas J. Wertenbaker

Publisher: DigiCat

Published: 2022-11-13

Total Pages: 109

ISBN-13:

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Patrician and Plebeian is a historical book dealing with the origin of colonial aristocracy in colonial Virginia. The author relegates the old belief that the Virginia aristocracy had its origin in a migration of Cavaliers after the defeat of the royalists in the British Civil War. He explains in detail how the leading Virginia familieswere shaped chiefly by conditions within the colony and by renewed contact with Great Britain. Author writes about the biggest and most influential families of colonial Virginia such were: he Carters, the Ludwells, the Burwells, the Custises, the Lees, and the Washingtons.


The Roman Clan

The Roman Clan

Author: C. J. Smith

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2006-03-09

Total Pages: 428

ISBN-13: 9780521856928

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Acts: An Exegetical Commentary : Volume 1

Acts: An Exegetical Commentary : Volume 1

Author: Craig S. Keener

Publisher: Baker Books

Published: 2012-09-01

Total Pages: 2619

ISBN-13: 144123621X

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Highly respected New Testament scholar Craig Keener is known for his meticulous and comprehensive research. This commentary on Acts, his magnum opus, may be the largest and most thoroughly documented Acts commentary available. Useful not only for the study of Acts but also early Christianity, this work sets Acts in its first-century context. In this volume, the first of four, Keener introduces the book of Acts, particularly historical questions related to it, and provides detailed exegesis of its opening chapters. He utilizes an unparalleled range of ancient sources and offers a wealth of fresh insights. This magisterial commentary will be a valuable resource for New Testament professors and students, pastors, Acts scholars, and libraries.


Religions of Rome: Volume 1, A History

Religions of Rome: Volume 1, A History

Author: Mary Beard

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1998-06-28

Total Pages: 484

ISBN-13: 9780521316828

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This book offers a radical new survey of more than a thousand years of religious life at Rome. It sets religion in its full cultural context, between the primitive hamlet of the eighth century BC and the cosmopolitan, multicultural society of the first centuries of the Christian era. The narrative account is structured around a series of broad themes: how to interpret the Romans' own theories of their religious system and its origins; the relationship of religion and the changing politics of Rome; the religious importance of the layout and monuments of the city itself; changing ideas of religious identity and community; religious innovation - and, ultimately, revolution. The companion volume, Religions of Rome: A Sourcebook, sets out a wide range of documents richly illustrating the religious life in the Roman world.