The Making of a Christian Aristocracy : : Social and Religious Change in the Western Roman Empire / / Michele Renee Salzman.
What did it take to cause the Roman aristocracy to turn to Christianity, changing centuries-old beliefs and religious traditions? Michele Salzman takes a fresh approach to this much-debated question. Focusing on a sampling of individual aristocratic men and women as well as on writings and archeolog...
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Salzman, Michele Renee, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut The Making of a Christian Aristocracy : Social and Religious Change in the Western Roman Empire / Michele Renee Salzman. Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2009] ©2002 1 online resource (368 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- CHAPTER 1 Approaches to a Paradox -- CHAPTER 2 Defining the Senatorial Aristocracy -- CHAPTER 3 Aristocratic Men: Social Origins -- CHAPTER 4 Aristocratic Men: Career Paths -- CHAPTER 5 Aristocratic Women -- CHAPTER 6 The Emperor’s Influence on Aristocratic Conversion -- CHAPTER 7 The Aristocrats’ Influence on Christianity -- Tables -- Appendix 1: Sources, Criteria, and Variables for the Database -- Appendix 2: Names and Religious Affiliation of Aristocrats in the Study -- Appendix 3: Sources for the Database— Addenda and Corrigenda to PLRE -- Appendix 4: High Office Holders -- Abbreviations and Frequently Cited Works -- Notes -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star What did it take to cause the Roman aristocracy to turn to Christianity, changing centuries-old beliefs and religious traditions? Michele Salzman takes a fresh approach to this much-debated question. Focusing on a sampling of individual aristocratic men and women as well as on writings and archeological evidence, she brings new understanding to the process by which pagan aristocrats became Christian, and Christianity became aristocratic. Roman aristocrats would seem to be unlikely candidates for conversion to Christianity. Pagan and civic traditions were deeply entrenched among the educated and politically well-connected. Indeed, men who held state offices often were also esteemed priests in the pagan state cults: these priesthoods were traditionally sought as a way to reinforce one's social position. Moreover, a religion whose texts taught love for one's neighbor and humility, with strictures on wealth and notions of equality, would not have obvious appeal for those at the top of a hierarchical society. Yet somehow in the course of the fourth and early fifth centuries Christianity and the Roman aristocracy met and merged. Examining the world of the ruling class--its institutions and resources, its values and style of life--Salzman paints a fascinating picture, especially of aristocratic women. Her study yields new insight into the religious revolution that transformed the late Roman Empire. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 01. Dez 2022) HISTORY / Ancient / Rome. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Harvard University Press eBook Package Backlist 2000-2013 9783110442205 https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674043046?locatt=mode:legacy https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674043046 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780674043046/original |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- CHAPTER 1 Approaches to a Paradox -- CHAPTER 2 Defining the Senatorial Aristocracy -- CHAPTER 3 Aristocratic Men: Social Origins -- CHAPTER 4 Aristocratic Men: Career Paths -- CHAPTER 5 Aristocratic Women -- CHAPTER 6 The Emperor’s Influence on Aristocratic Conversion -- CHAPTER 7 The Aristocrats’ Influence on Christianity -- Tables -- Appendix 1: Sources, Criteria, and Variables for the Database -- Appendix 2: Names and Religious Affiliation of Aristocrats in the Study -- Appendix 3: Sources for the Database— Addenda and Corrigenda to PLRE -- Appendix 4: High Office Holders -- Abbreviations and Frequently Cited Works -- Notes -- Index |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- CHAPTER 1 Approaches to a Paradox -- CHAPTER 2 Defining the Senatorial Aristocracy -- CHAPTER 3 Aristocratic Men: Social Origins -- CHAPTER 4 Aristocratic Men: Career Paths -- CHAPTER 5 Aristocratic Women -- CHAPTER 6 The Emperor’s Influence on Aristocratic Conversion -- CHAPTER 7 The Aristocrats’ Influence on Christianity -- Tables -- Appendix 1: Sources, Criteria, and Variables for the Database -- Appendix 2: Names and Religious Affiliation of Aristocrats in the Study -- Appendix 3: Sources for the Database— Addenda and Corrigenda to PLRE -- Appendix 4: High Office Holders -- Abbreviations and Frequently Cited Works -- Notes -- Index |
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