Constantine, Divine Emperor of the Christian Golden Age di Jonathan Bardill edito da Cambridge University Press
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Constantine, Divine Emperor of the Christian Golden Age

EAN:

9781107538986

ISBN:

110753898X

Pagine:
465
Formato:
Paperback
Lingua:
Inglese
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Descrizione Constantine, Divine Emperor of the Christian Golden Age

Constantine, Divine Emperor of the Christian Golden Age offers a radical reassessment of Constantine as an emperor, a pagan and a Christian. The book examines in detail a wide variety of evidence, including literature, secular and religious architectural monuments, coins, sculpture and other works of art. Setting the emperor in the context of the kings and emperors who preceded him, Jonathan Bardill shows how Constantine's propagandists exploited the traditional themes and imagery of rulership to portray him as having been elected by the supreme solar God to save his people and inaugurate a brilliant golden age. The author argues that the cultivation of this image made it possible for Constantine to reconcile the long-standing tradition of imperial divinity with his monotheistic faith by assimilating himself to Christ.

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