Bloomsbury Publishing Plc. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. Bloomsbury Publishing Plc ISBN 144110626x 9781441106261 [GB]

ISBN10: 144110626X, ISBN13: 9781441106261, [publisher: Bloomsbury Press, New York] Softcover Minor wear along the edges, tips, and along the spine. Minor rubbing wear to covers.
[Naperville, IL, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2015]
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ISBN10: 144110626X, ISBN13: 9781441106261, [publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, New York] Softcover Paperback. This sourcebook gathers into a single collection the writings that illuminate one of the most fundamental periods in the history of Christian Europe. Beginning from the Great Persecution of Diocletian and the conversion of Constantine the first Christian Roman emperor, the volume explores Christianitys rise as the dominant religion of the Later Roman empire and how the Church survived the decline and fall of Roman power in the west and converted the Germanic tribes who swept into the western empire. These years of crisis and transformation inspired generations of great writers, among them Eusebius of Caesarea, Ammianus Marcellinus, Julian the Apostate, Ambrose of Milan, John Chrysostom, Jerome and Augustine of Hippo. They were also years which saw Christianity face huge challenges on many crucial questions, from the evolution of Christian doctrine and the rise of asceticism to the place of women in the early Church and the emerging relationship between Church and state. All these themes will be made accessible to specialists and general readers alike, and the sourcebook will be invaluable for students and teachers of courses in history and church history, the world of late antiquity, and religious studies. Christianity in the Later Roman Empire is an essential sourcebook of primary material for teachers and students and provides accessible and insightful ...

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