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Constantine and the Bishops: The Politics of Intolerance (Ancient Society and History) - Softcover

Drake, H. A.

 
9780801871047: Constantine and the Bishops: The Politics of Intolerance (Ancient Society and History)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0801871042 ISBN 13: 9780801871047
Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002

Inhaltsangabe

Historians who viewed imperial Rome in terms of a conflict between pagans and Christians have often regarded the emperor Constantine's conversion as the triumph of Christianity over paganism. But in Constantine and the Bishops, historian H. A. Drake offers a fresh and more nuanced understanding of Constantine's rule and, especially, of his relations with Christians.

Constantine, Drake suggests, was looking not only for a god in whom to believe but also a policy he could adopt. Uncovering the political motivations behind Constantine's policies, Drake shows how those policies were constructed to ensure the stability of the empire and fulfill Constantine's imperial duty in securing the favor of heaven.

Despite the emperor's conversion to Christianity, Drake concludes, Rome remained a world filled with gods and with men seeking to depose rivals from power. A book for students and scholars of ancient history and religion, Constantine and the Bishops shows how Christian belief motivated and gave shape to imperial rule.

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H. A. Drake is a professor of history at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

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Verlag
Johns Hopkins University Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2002
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0801871042
ISBN 13 
9780801871047
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Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
632
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