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This book is a new annotated translation of Orosius's Seven Books
of History against the Pagans. Orosius's History, which begins with
the creation and continues to his own day, was an immensely popular
and standard work of reference on antiquity throughout the Middle
Ages and beyond. Its importance lay in the fact that Orosius was
the first Christian author to write not a church history, but
rather a history of the secular world interpreted from a Christian
perspective. This approach gave new relevance to Roman history in
the medieval period and allowed Rome's past to become a valued part
of the medieval intellectual world. The structure of history and
methodology deployed by Orosius formed the dominant template for
the writing of history in the medieval period, being followed, for
example, by such writers as Otto of Freising and Ranulph Higden.
Orosius's work is therefore crucial for an understanding of early
Christian approaches to history, the development of universal
history, and the intellectual life of the Middle Ages, for which it
was both an important reference work and also a defining model for
the writing of history.
Mithras explores the history and practices of Mithraism, examining
literary and material evidence for Mithras and the reception of his
mysteries today. It offers the latest research on the figure of
Mithras and provides a comprehensive overview of Mithraism.
Mithras explores the history and practices of Mithraism, examining
literary and material evidence for Mithras and the reception of his
mysteries today. It offers the latest research on the figure of
Mithras and provides a comprehensive overview of Mithraism.
These five seventh-century religious texts cast light not only on
the development of the church in Visigothic Spain and its internal
politics, but also on its, at times troubled, relationship with the
Visigothic state and the history of that state itself, particularly
in the period when the Visigoths changed their adherence from Arian
to Trinitarian Christianity.
This book is a new annotated translation of Orosius's Seven Books
of History against the Pagans. Orosius's History, which begins with
the creation and continues to his own day, was an immensely popular
and standard work of reference on antiquity throughout the Middle
Ages and beyond. Its importance lay in the fact that Orosius was
the first Christian author to write not a church history, but
rather a history of the secular world interpreted from a Christian
perspective. This approach gave new relevance to Roman history in
the medieval period and allowed Rome's past to become a valued part
of the medieval intellectual world. The structure of history and
methodology deployed by Orosius formed the dominant template for
the writing of history in the medieval period, being followed, for
example, by such writers as Otto of Freising and Ranulph Higden.
Orosius's work is therefore crucial for an understanding of early
Christian approaches to history, the development of universal
history, and the intellectual life of the Middle Ages, for which it
was both an important reference work and also a defining model for
the writing of history.
Late Antiquity witnessed a major transformation in the authority
and power of the Episcopate within the Church, with the result that
bishops came to embody the essence of Christianity and increasingly
overshadow the leading Christian laity. The rise of Episcopal power
came in a period in which drastic political changes produced long
and significant conflicts both within and outside the Church. This
book examines these problems in depth, looking at bishops' varied
roles in both causing and resolving these disputes, including those
internal to the church, those which began within the church but had
major effects on wider society, and those of a secular nature.
Great statesmen and gentlemen, men of honor and rank, seem to be
phenomena of a bygone Aristocratic era. Aristocracies, which
emphasize rank, and value difference, quality, beauty, rootedness,
continuity, stand in direct contrast to democracies, which value
equality, autonomy, novelty, standardization, quantity, utility and
mobility. Is there any place for aristocratic values and virtues in
the modern democratic social and political order? This volume
consists of essays by political theorists, historians, and literary
theorists that explore this question in the works of aristocratic
thinkers, both ancient and modern. The volume includes analyses of
aristocratic virtues, interpretations of aristocratic assemblies
and constitutions, both historic and contemporary, as well as
critiques of liberal virtues and institutions. Essays on Tacitus,
Hobbes, Burke, Tocqueville, Nietzsche, as well as some lesser known
figures, such as Henri de Boulainvilliers, John Randolph of
Roanoke, Louis de Bonald, Konstantin Leontiev, Jose Ortega y
Gasset, Richard Weaver, and the Eighth Duke of Northumberland,
explore ways of preserving and adapting the salutary aspects of the
aristocratic ethos to the needs of modern liberal societies.
Late Antiquity witnessed a major transformation in the authority
and power of the Episcopate within the Church, with the result that
bishops came to embody the essence of Christianity and increasingly
overshadow the leading Christian laity. The rise of Episcopal power
came in a period in which drastic political changes produced long
and significant conflicts both within and outside the Church. This
book examines these problems in depth, looking at bishops' varied
roles in both causing and resolving these disputes, including those
internal to the church, those which began within the church but had
major effects on wider society, and those of a secular nature.
Universal History attempts to explain the world beyond the
immediate surroundings of the author. It reflects a desire to
synthesise the mass of written and oral knowledge about the past
and to introduce a systematic interpretation. This collection
re-examines the notion of Universal Historiography with a focus on
its appearance in the Greek and Roman world and on the legacy that
ancient authors offered to later generations. Fifteen new essays by
a diverse set of international scholars tackle questions of
definition, illustrate the diversity of its forms, structures,
themes and analyses, the historical and intellectual contexts which
gave rise to universalist thought, and its reputation and reception
in antiquity and beyond.Contributors: Errietta Bissa; Tim Cornell;
Allegra de Laurentiis; Marco Di Branco; Jackie Elliott; Johannes
Engels; John Farrenkopf; Andrew Fear; Marta Garcia Morcillo;
Francois Hartog; Peter Liddel; Clemence Schultze; Brian Sheridan;
Peter Van Nuffelen; Liv Yarrow.
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