Making of a Christian Aristocracy - Social and Religious Change in the Western Roman Empire

Klappentext picture! especially of aristocratic women. Her study yields new insight into the religious revolution that transformed the late Roman Empire. Zusammenfassung What did it take to cause the Roman aristocracy to turn to Christianity! changing centuries-old beliefs and religious traditions? Salzman takes a fresh approach to this much-debated question by focusing on a sampling of individual aristocratic men and women as well as on writings and archeological evidence.

Product details

• Authors: Michele Renee Salzman, Salzman Michele Renee
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.10.2004
• EAN: 9780674016033
• ISBN: 978-0-674-01603-3
• No. of pages: 368
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 222 mm x 32 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; History, European History, HISTORY / Ancient / Rome, RELIGION / Christianity / History, Christianity, History of Religion, Ancient Rome, Ancient History