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Author: John William Eadie
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Published: 1977
Total Pages: 132
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExplores two areas of Constantine's religious affiliation: his conversion to Christianity and the specific details connected to his actions.
Author: A. H. M. Jones
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
Published: 2011-03-23
Total Pages: 235
ISBN-13: 1446547051
DOWNLOAD EBOOKConstantine the Great was Roman Emperor from 306 to 337 AD. As emperor, Constantine enacted many administrative, financial, social, and military reforms to strengthen the empire. The government was restructured and civil and military authority separated. A new gold coin, the solidus, was introduced to combat inflation. It would become the standard for Byzantine and European currencies for more than a thousand years.
Author: 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: 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: Paula Fredriksen
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2008-10-01
Total Pages: 286
ISBN-13: 0300164106
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Magisterial. . . . A learned, brilliant and enjoyable study."—Géza Vermès, Times Literary Supplement In this exciting book, Paula Fredriksen explains the variety of New Testament images of Jesus by exploring the ways that the new Christian communities interpreted his mission and message in light of the delay of the Kingdom he had preached. This edition includes an introduction reviews the most recent scholarship on Jesus and its implications for both history and theology. "Brilliant and lucidly written, full of original and fascinating insights."—Reginald H. Fuller, Journal of the American Academy of Religion "This is a first-rate work of a first-rate historian."—James D. Tabor, Journal of Religion "Fredriksen confronts her documents—principally the writings of the New Testament—as an archaeologist would an especially rich complex site. With great care she distinguishes the literary images from historical fact. As she does so, she explains the images of Jesus in terms of the strategies and purposes of the writers Paul, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John."—Thomas D’Evelyn, Christian Science Monitor
Author: Peter J. Leithart
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Published: 2010-09-24
Total Pages: 374
ISBN-13: 0830827226
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPeter Leithart weighs what we've been taught about Constantine and claims that in focusing on these historical mirages we have failed to notice the true significance of Constantine and Rome baptized. He reveals how beneath the surface of this contested story there lies a deeper narrative--a tectonic shift in the political theology of an empire--with far-reaching implications.
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: Kyle Smith
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 2019-11-12
Total Pages: 254
ISBN-13: 0520308395
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIt is widely believed that the Emperor Constantine’s conversion to Christianity politicized religious allegiances, dividing the Christian Roman Empire from the Zoroastrian Sasanian Empire and leading to the persecution of Christians in Persia. This account, however, is based on Greek ecclesiastical histories and Syriac martyrdom narratives that date to centuries after the fact. In this groundbreaking study, Kyle Smith analyzes diverse Greek, Latin, and Syriac sources to show that there was not a single history of fourth-century Mesopotamia. By examining the conflicting hagiographical and historical evidence, Constantine and the Captive Christians of Persia presents an evocative and evolving portrait of the first Christian emperor, uncovering how Syriac Christians manipulated the image of their western Christian counterparts to fashion their own political and religious identities during this century of radical change.
Author: Eusebius (of Caesarea, Bishop of Caesarea)
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 395
ISBN-13: 9780198149248
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe emperor Constantine changed the world by making the Roman Empire Christian. Eusebius wrote his life and preserved his letters so that his policy would continue. This English translation is the first based on modern critical editions. Its Introduction and Commentary open up the many important issues the Life of Constantine raises.
