The Making of a Christian Aristocracy : : Social and Religious Change in the Western Roman Empire /

The Making of a Christian Aristocracy : : Social and Religious Change in the Western Roman Empire / / Michele Renee Salzman.

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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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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Harvard University Press eBook Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Salzman, Michele Renee,
Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2009]
©2002
Year of Publication:2009
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (368 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • 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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