Eusebius' Life of Constantine is the most important single record of
Constantine, the emperor who turned the Roman Empire from prosecuting
the Church to supporting it, with huge and lasting consequences for
Europe and Christianity. The only English version previously available
is based on a seventeenth-century Greek edition, but two new critical
editions produced this century make a new English version necessary.
The authors of this edition present the results of the recent
scholarly debate, as well as their own researches so as to clarify the
significance of Eusebius' work and introduce the student to the text
and its interpretation, thus opening up the contentious issues. At
face value much of what Eusebius wrote is false. This book shows how,
once his partisan interpretations and rhetoric are properly
understood, both Eusebius' text and the documents it contains give
vital historical insights.
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ISBN
9780191588471
Publisert
2020
Utgiver
Oxford University Press Academic UK
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Engelsk
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Product format
Digital bok
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