Christianity in the Later Roman Empire: A Sourcebook

Author:   Dr David M. Gwynn
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Edition:   annotated edition
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9781441122551


Pages:   320
Publication Date:   20 November 2014
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Dr David M. Gwynn
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Bloomsbury Academic USA
Edition:   annotated edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.618kg
ISBN:  

9781441122551


ISBN 10:   1441122559
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   20 November 2014
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Language:   English

Table of Contents

Introduction Acknowledgements Chronological Table 1. Christianity and Rome 2. The Great Persecution 3. The Conversion of Constantine 4. Constantine and the Imperial Church 5. The Donatist Schism 6. The Doctrine of the Trinity 7. Scripture and Liturgy 8. The Ecclesiastical Hierarchy 9. Emperor and Bishop 10. Asceticism and Monasticism 11. Christianization 12. Paideia: Christianity and Classical Culture 13. Christians, Jews and Manichees 14. Gender and Society 15. Holy Men and Holy Women 16. Pilgrimage and Relics 17. Missionaries and Kings 18. The City of God 19. The Christological Controversies 20. Christianity and the Barbarian Invasions Epilogue: The Dawn of Medieval Christendom General Bibliography Index of authors and texts Index of Scriptural citations General Index

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David Gwynn has produced an unusual, readable, and highly effective source-book. He sets the key testimonies to the spread and transformation of Christianity within a continuous narrative, that provides both essential context and clear guidance as to how to read the evidence. It is a book that can be read with pleasure from cover to cover, or serve as a source-book on any specific aspect of the early Church. -- Bryan Ward-Perkins, Fellow and Tutor in History, University of Oxford, UK and author of The Fall of Rome and the End of Civilization (2005) Offering a critically framed selection of Late Roman Christian texts, this volume offers a current as well as comprehensive overview of the issues, authors, and problems of Christianization from the third to seventh centuries. David M. Gwynn has helpfully distilled much recent scholarship into a lively narrative of this transitional era, presenting traditional texts and authors in an accessible framework as well as presenting a broad bibliography for further reading. -- Rebecca Lyman, Samuel Garrett Professor of Church History emerita, Church Divinity School of the Pacific, California, USA


David Gwynn has produced an unusual, readable, and highly effective source-book. He sets the key testimonies to the spread and transformation of Christianity within a continuous narrative, that provides both essential context and clear guidance as to how to read the evidence. It is a book that can be read with pleasure from cover to cover, or serve as a source-book on any specific aspect of the early Church. -- Bryan Ward-Perkins, Fellow and Tutor in History, University of Oxford, UK and author of The Fall of Rome and the End of Civilization (2005)


An unusual, readable, and highly effective sourcebook. David M. Gwynn sets the key testimonies within a continuous narrative that provides both essential context and clear guidance as to how to read the evidence. It is a book that can be read with pleasure from cover to cover or serve as a sourcebook on any specific aspect of the early Church. -- Bryan Ward-Perkins, Fellow and Tutor in History, University of Oxford, UK and author of The Fall of Rome and the End of Civilization (2005) Offering a critically framed selection of Late Roman Christian texts, this volume offers a current as well as comprehensive overview of the issues, authors, and problems of Christianization from the third to seventh centuries. David M. Gwynn has helpfully distilled much recent scholarship into a lively narrative of this transitional era, presenting traditional texts and authors in an accessible framework as well as presenting a broad bibliography for further reading. -- Rebecca Lyman, Samuel Garrett Professor of Church History emerita, Church Divinity School of the Pacific, California, USA [Christianity in the Later Roman Empire] might best be described as a comprehensive introductory overview of this complex and confusing subject. As such, it is an excellent way in; the serious student will want to go deeper. [...] Anyone studying this period for the first time will find this a most useful book. -- Colin McDonald Classics for All Reviews


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David M. Gwynn is Reader in Ancient and Late Antique History at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK.

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