Book Details
Orange Code:93031
Paperback:259 pages
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1. Introduction AVERIL CAMERON2. Constantine: history and historiography3. Constantine, Athanasius and the Christian Church TIMOTHY BARNES4. Christianity and the Late Roman Army ROGER TOMLIN5. The cities of Asia Minor in the age of Constantine STEPHEN MITCHELL6. The illegitimacy of Constantine and the birth of the tetrarchy BILL LEADBETTER7. Some Constantinian documents in the Vita Constantini STUART G.HALL8. Constantine: Legend9. Biographical Models: the Constantinian period and beyond ANNA WILSON10. From history to legend and legend to history: The medieval and Byzantine transformation of Constantine's Vita SAMUEL LIEU11. Constantine in Coptic: Egyptian constructions of Constantine the Great TERRY WILFONG12. Constantine, St Aldhelm and the Loathly Lady JANE STEVENSON
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Constantine 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.
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