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There Is No Crime for Those Who Have Christ: Religious Violence in the Christian Roman Empire
Michael Gaddis
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Paperback. Provides a look at religious violence and the attitudes that drove it in the Christian Roman Empire of the fourth and fifth centuries. The author asks what religious conflict meant to those involved, both perpetrators and victims, and how violence was experienced, represented, justified, or contested. Series: Transformation of the Classical Heritage. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDH; HBLA; HRAX; HRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 588.
"There is no crime for those who have Christ," claimed a fifth-century zealot, neatly expressing the belief of religious extremists that righteous zeal for God trumps worldly law. This book provides an in-depth and penetrating look at religious violence and the attitudes that drove it in the Christian Roman Empire of the fourth and fifth centuries, a unique period shaped by the marriage of Christian ideology and Roman imperial power. Drawing together materials spanning a wide chronological and geographical range, Gaddis asks what religious conflict meant to those involved, both perpetrators and victims, and how violence was experienced, represented, justified, ... Read more
"There is no crime for those who have Christ," claimed a fifth-century zealot, neatly expressing the belief of religious extremists that righteous zeal for God trumps worldly law. This book provides an in-depth and penetrating look at religious violence and the attitudes that drove it in the Christian Roman Empire of the fourth and fifth centuries, a unique period shaped by the marriage of Christian ideology and Roman imperial power. Drawing together materials spanning a wide chronological and geographical range, Gaddis asks what religious conflict meant to those involved, both perpetrators and victims, and how violence was experienced, represented, justified, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Series
Transformation of the Classical Heritage
Condition
New
Weight
587g
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520286245
SKU
V9780520286245
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About Michael Gaddis
Michael Gaddis is formerly Associate Professor of History at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University.
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