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Emperor and Author
N J (Ed Baker-Brian
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This volume offers the first comprehensive analysis in English of all the writings of Julian (r. AD 361-363), the last pagan emperor of Rome, noted for his frontal and self-conscious challenge to Christianity. This book also contains treatments of Julian's laws, inscriptions, coinage, as well as his artistic programme. Across nineteen papers, international specialists in the field of Late Antique Studies offer original interpretations of an extraordinary figure: emperor and philosopher, soldier and accomplished writer. Julian, his life and writings, are here considered as parts of the tumult in politics, culture and religion during the Fourth Century AD. New light ... Read more
This volume offers the first comprehensive analysis in English of all the writings of Julian (r. AD 361-363), the last pagan emperor of Rome, noted for his frontal and self-conscious challenge to Christianity. This book also contains treatments of Julian's laws, inscriptions, coinage, as well as his artistic programme. Across nineteen papers, international specialists in the field of Late Antique Studies offer original interpretations of an extraordinary figure: emperor and philosopher, soldier and accomplished writer. Julian, his life and writings, are here considered as parts of the tumult in politics, culture and religion during the Fourth Century AD. New light ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Classical Press of Wales United Kingdom
Number of pages
380
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
380
Place of Publication
Swansea, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781905125500
SKU
V9781905125500
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Reviews for Emperor and Author
This is a volume that ought to be read by any student of Julian and, indeed, by any student of late antiquity.
Hagith Sivan, University of Kansas Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2013.04.24 "I heartily recommend this work to all who are interested in fourth-century ecclesiastical history, and particularly to scholars studying the religious conflict of the era."
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Hagith Sivan, University of Kansas Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2013.04.24 "I heartily recommend this work to all who are interested in fourth-century ecclesiastical history, and particularly to scholars studying the religious conflict of the era."
David ... Read more