Anatolia: Volume Ii: The Rise of the Church - Land, Men, and Gods in Asia Minor

Zusatztext excellent work...It is hard to do justice to the wide scope of this work and the immense learning which it displays and organizes into a coherent picture...throughout the work, M. pays careful attention to the physical environment, as evidentin the clear maps and well-chosen illustrations. Reflection...is stimulated in innumerable ways by the wealth of information in this work. It embodies all the latest research, shows the influence of all the masters of the field, most notably Louis Robert, and allows a vast mass of virtually inaccessible information to be used and understood. All students of antiquity will learn much from these volumes, which will long stand as a monumental regional study. Klappentext The second volume of this magisterial study covers the period of the Roman Empire and looks in detail at the changes brought about by imperial rule. Zusammenfassung This comprehensive study of the history of Asia Minor in antiquity charts Anatolian history from the time of Alexander the Great to the heyday of the Byzantine Empire. This particular volume examines the rise of Christianity across the region.

Product details

• Authors: Mitchell, Stephen Mitchell, Stephen (Professor of Classics Mitchell, Mitchell Stephen
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.07.1995
• EAN: 9780198150305
• ISBN: 978-0-19-815030-5
• No. of pages: 216
• Series: Anatolia; Clarendon Paperbacks; Rise of the Church; Clarendon Paperbacks; Anatolia; Rise of the Church
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; European History, HISTORY / Ancient / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, HISTORY / Asia / General, HISTORY / World, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, RELIGION / Christianity / History, RELIGION / Christianity / General, Christianity, General & world history, Turkey, History of Religion, Ancient World, Social and cultural history, Ancient History, Asian History, General and world history, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, The Early Church