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Zusatztext "Well-researched [and] carefully argued. . . . Watts has an excellent sense of what needs to be explained for non-specialists." Informationen zum Autor Edward J. Watts, Associate Professor in the Department of History at Indiana University, is the author of City and School in Late Antique Athens and Alexandria, winner of the Outstanding Publication Award from the Classical Association of the Midwest and South. Klappentext "An extremely important work on the shaping of historical identities in late antiquity, Riot in Alexandria solidifies Watts' position as one of the leading commentators on late antique intellectual life."—Christopher Haas, author of Alexandria in Late Antiquity: Topography and Social Conflict Zusammenfassung Connecting oral and written texts to the personal relationships that gave them meaning and to the actions that gave them form, this book draws attention to the understudied social and cultural history of the later fifth-century Roman world and at the same time opens a new window on late antique intellectual life. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations Acknowledgments 1. The Anatomy of a Riot Part 1. Historical Discourse in Intellectual Communities 2. Personal Legacy and Scholastic Identity Internal Historical Discourse and Its Transmission: The Example of Eunapius Defending Communal Historical Discourse: Porphyry's Life of Plotinus 3. Past! Present! and Future in Late Neoplatonic Historical Discourse The Life of Isidore and its Sources Eating! Drinking! and Learning Neoplatonic History Oral Tradition and Scholastic Identity in the Alexandrian Schools of the 480s Paralius's Beating within its Scholastic Context Fifth-Century Christian Violence in Neoplatonic Communal Memory Teaching Ethics after the Riot Part 2. The Past Within and Outside Late Antique Monasteries 4. History and the Shape of Monastic Communities The Koinonia The Historia Monachorum and Visitors' Exposure to Ascetic Oral Traditions Social Relations and the Power of the Master: Barsanuphius and John 5. Anti-Chalcedonian Ascetics and their Student Associates The Limits of Ascetic Influence Finding the Ascetic and Intellectual Balance The Ascetic and Sophistic Mélange of Zacharias Scholasticus A Student Riot and its Commemoration: The "Life of Paralius" Part 3. Defining the Alexandrian Bishop 6. Creating the Legend of the Alexandrian Bishop Mechanisms of Episcopal Power Athanasius and the Politics of Self-Definition Athanasius's Restoration and Redefinition The Athanasian Historical Legacy 7. Theophilus and Cyril: The Alexandrian Bishop Triumphant Theophilus and the Historical Character of Athanasius The Legacy of Theophilus 8. Peter Mongus Struggles with the Past Chalcedon and the Redefinition of the Alexandrian Bishop Peter Mongus and Resistance in an Age of Compromise Peter Mongus and the Beating of Paralius A Riot's Aftermath 9. Conclusion Appendix 1. Dating the Riot Appendix 2. How Much Should We Trust Zacharias Scholasticus? Bibliography Index ...
