The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Constantine

by Lenski, Noel

• ISBN13: 9781107013407
• ISBN10: 1107013402
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-12-29
• Publisher: Cambridge Univ Pr

Summary

The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Constantine offers students a comprehensive one-volume survey of this pivotal emperor and his times. Richly illustrated and designed as a readable survey accessible to all audiences, it also achieves a level of scholarly sophistication and a freshness of interpretation that will be welcomed by the experts. The volume is divided into five sections that examine political history, religion, social and economic history, art, and foreign relations during the reign of Constantine, who steered the Roman Empire on a course parallel with his own personal development. Each chapter examines the intimate interplay between emperor and empire, and between a powerful personality and his world. Collectively, they show how both were mutually affected in ways that shaped the world of Late Antiquity and even affect our own world today.

Table of Contents

List of illustrations

Contributors

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

Introduction

Sources for the history of Constantine

Politics and Personalities

Before Constantine

The reign of Constantine

The dynasty of Constantine down to 363

Religion and Spiritual Life

The impact of Constantine on Christianity

The beginnings of Christianization

Traditional religion

Law and Society

Bureaucracy and government

Civil law and social life

Economy and society

Art and Culture

Perspectives in art

Architecture of Empire

Constantine in legendary literature

Empire and Beyond

Warfare and the military

Constantine and the Northern barbarians

Constantine and the peoples of the Eastern Frontier

Appendices

Maps

Primary sources and translations

Secondary bibliography

Index

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