Eusebius and Empire

Erscheinungsjahr 2021
ISBN: 978-1-108-47407-8
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 360 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 633 g

Eusebius' Ecclesiastical History, written in the early fourth century, continues to serve as our primary gateway to a crucial three hundred year period: the rise of early Christianity under the Roman Empire. In this volume, James Corke-Webster undertakes the first systematic study considering the History in the light of its fourth-century circumstances as well as its author's personal history, intellectual commitments, and literary abilities. He argues that the Ecclesiastical History is not simply an attempt to record the past history of Christianity, but a sophisticated mission statement that uses events and individuals from that past to mould a new vision of Christianity tailored to Eusebius' fourth-century context. He presents elite Graeco-Roman Christians with a picture of their faith that smooths off its rough edges and misrepresents its size, extent, nature, and relationship to Rome. Ultimately, Eusebius suggests that Christianity was - and always had been - the Empire's natural heir.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Corke-Webster, James

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I: 1. Eusebius, of Caesarea; 2. The Ecclesiastical History; Part II: 3. Christian intellectuals; 4. Christian ascetics; 5. Christian families; 6. Christian martyrs; Part III: 7. The Church; 8. The Church and Rome.

Über Autor(innen)

Corke-Webster, James
James Corke-Webster is Lecturer in Roman History at King's College London. His work focuses on early Christian and late antique history and literature. As well as a series of articles on Eusebius, he has published on early Christian experience under Rome - in particular the Pliny–Trajan correspondence on the Christians - martyr literature, apologetic writings, and early hagiography.