0472107372 - Socrates of Constantinople: Historian of Church and State von Urbainczyk, Theresa (2 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. VIII, 215 S. Ehem. Bibliotheksexemplar mit Signatur und Bibl.-Stempel. SEHR GUTER Zustand, ein paar Gebrauchsspuren. Ex-library with stamp and library-signature. VERY GOOD condition, some traces of use. AC1751 9780472107377 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 550.

Hardcover with dust jacket. Zustand: Sehr gut. VIII, 215 p. Ein gutes und sauberes Exemplar / dust jacket slightly rubbed, otherwise a good and clean copy. - The fourth century A.D. saw the death of the ancient world and the birth of the medieval era. Pagan temples crumbled through disuse, while Christian churches sprang up throughout the fledgling Holy Roman Empire. The emperor Constantine's conversion changed Christianity's fortunes forever. Pagans blamed the decline and fall of the Roman Empire on Christianity, but Christians explained events differently. Historians' views of the past have always been influenced by their position in society. Socrates of Constantinople was no exception. The church history of Socrates is one of the most important sources, eastern or western, pagan or Christian, for the fourth and early fifth centuries. This book is the first detailed study of Socrates' history, and it describes the historical situation in which he wrote his work, pulling together all the personal information available about the author. It then examines the history itself, how it was composed, and which sources were used, and it looks at the relationship between Socrates' work and other church histories. The book goes on to explore Socrates' attitudes toward bishops, emperors, and their enemies. Socrates is often dismissed by modern scholars for being unable to master the genre of ecclesiastical historiography. Urbainczyk argues that he introduced secular material deliberately. In his view arguments and division in the church caused trouble in the state. In other words, when church leaders quibbled oyer theology, they endangered the state. It was their duty, therefore, for the sake of church and state, to unite under the emperor. This study not only calls on scholars to reexamine Socrates of Constantinople but also makes the wider argument that the ancients were far less concerned with genre than modern scholars, and that the ecclesiastical history is a continuation, not a deviation, from political history. Socrates of Constantinople: Historian of Church and State will be of interest to students and academics interested in late Roman history, early church history, theology, and historiography. Anyone studying the history of the fourth and early fifth centuries will find this examination of Socrates' attitudes essential. / Contents Abbreviations Introduction Chapter 1. Constantine to Theodosius II Chapter 2. The Author Chapter 3. The Ecclesiastical History Chapter 4. Socrates' Theory of History Chapter 5. Historiography Chapter 6. Bishops Chapter 7. Emperors Chapter 8. Enemies of Unity Appendix Bibliography Index Index Locorum. ISBN 9780472107377 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 585.