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Chalcedon in Context: Church Councils 400-700 (Liverpool University Press - Translated Texts for Historians)
Richard Price
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Paperback. A collection of essays that has its origin in a conference held at Oxford in 2006 to mark the publication of the first English edition of the Acts of Chalcedon. Editor(s): Price, Richard; Whitby, Mary. Series: Translated Texts for Historians, Contexts. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCC2; HRCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 342.
This collection of essays has its origin in a conference held at Oxford in 2006 to mark the publication of the first English edition of the Acts of Chalcedon. Its aim is to place Chalcedon in a broader context, and bring out the importance of the acts of the early general councils from the fifth to the seventh century, documents that because of their bulk and relative inaccessibility have received only limited attention till recently. This volume is evidence that this situation is now rapidly changing, as historians of late antiquity as well as specialists in the history of the Christian Church discover the richness of this material for the exploration of common concerns and tensions across the provinces of the Later Roman Empire, language use, networks of influence and cultural exchange, and political manipulation at many different levels of society. The extent to which the acts were instruments of propaganda and should not be read as a pure verbatim record of proceedings is brought out in a number of the essays, which illustrate the fascinating literary problems raised by these texts.
Product Details
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Series
Translated Texts for Historians, Contexts
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Liverpool, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781846316487
SKU
V9781846316487
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About Richard Price
Richard Price is Professor Emeritus of the History of Christianity, Heythrop College and Honorary Research Fellow, Royal Holloway, University of London. His many previous publications include The Acts of the Lateran Synod of 649 (with P. Booth & C. Cubitt, Liverpool 2014), The Acts of the Second Council of Nicaea (Liverpool 2018), The Council of Ephesus of 431 (with T. Graumann, Liverpool 2020), Canons of the Quinisext Council (691/2) (Liverpool 2020) and The Acts of the Council of Constantinople of 869-70 (with Federico Montinaro, Liverpool 2022). Mary Whitby is Instructor in Greek and Latin in the University of Oxford and Lecturer in Ancient Greek at Merton College, Oxford. She is a General Editor of the Translated Texts for Historians series.
Reviews for Chalcedon in Context: Church Councils 400-700 (Liverpool University Press - Translated Texts for Historians)
Chalcedon in context is a fine companion to the recently translated Acts, a careful exploration of the complexity of council records as historical sources, and a fitting beginning for a well-conceived new series.
Medium Ævum, Vol. LXXVIII
This volume is obviously for the specialist, yet a requirement for every library. With regard to thoroughness and overall attention, there is no equivalent to this collection available in English: each essay, followed by a comprehensive bibliography, offers yet one more illustration of how Chalcedon continues to speak to all of Christ's Church.
Volume 61/2
This first volume sets a high standard for subsequent instalments in the Translated Texts in Context series, and it will find a wide and enthusiastic readership among all students of the late antique church councils.
The Classical Review
Reprint in paperback of an important collection of essays first published in 2009.
Vigiliae Christianae 65/4
'Given the interest and the quality of the work identified as well as the importance and originality of many of the translations proposed in the "Translated Texts for Historians" series, one can not but wish to increase the volumes of their sub-series "Contexts" .' (Translated from French) Dominic Moreau, Cristianesimo nella storia
Medium Ævum, Vol. LXXVIII
This volume is obviously for the specialist, yet a requirement for every library. With regard to thoroughness and overall attention, there is no equivalent to this collection available in English: each essay, followed by a comprehensive bibliography, offers yet one more illustration of how Chalcedon continues to speak to all of Christ's Church.
Volume 61/2
This first volume sets a high standard for subsequent instalments in the Translated Texts in Context series, and it will find a wide and enthusiastic readership among all students of the late antique church councils.
The Classical Review
Reprint in paperback of an important collection of essays first published in 2009.
Vigiliae Christianae 65/4
'Given the interest and the quality of the work identified as well as the importance and originality of many of the translations proposed in the "Translated Texts for Historians" series, one can not but wish to increase the volumes of their sub-series "Contexts" .' (Translated from French) Dominic Moreau, Cristianesimo nella storia