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

by: Salzman, M.R.

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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 the lives of over four hundred aristocratic men and women as well as on writings and archeological evidence, she brings new understanding to the process by which pagan aristocrats became Christian, and Christianity became aristocratic." "Examining the world of the ruling class - its institutions and resources, its values and style of life - Salzman paints a fascinating picture, especially of aristocratic women. Her study yields new insight into the religious revolution that transformed the late Roman Empire.

Approaches to a paradox
Defining the senatorial aristocracy
Aristocratic men : social origins
Aristocratic men : career paths
Aristocratic women
The Emperor's influence on aristocratic conversion
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

Subjects:
30-600
Adel
Aristocracia (história;aspectos religiosos) Roma antiga
Aristocracy (Social class) Religious life Rome
Aristocrates Rome Vie religieuse
Bekering
Christendom
Christian converts
Christian converts Rome
Christian sociology Early church
Christian sociology History Early church, ca. 30-600
Conversão religiosa Roma antiga
Convertis chrétiens Rome
HISTORY Ancient Rome
History
Império romano
RELIGION Christian Church History
RELIGION Christian Life General
RELIGION Christianity History
Religiões cristãs (aspectos sociais) Roma antiga
Rome (Empire)
Sociologie religieuse Christianisme Histoire ca 30-600 (Église primitive)

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

by: Salzman, M.R.

• ISBN-13: 9780674006416 / 978-0-674-00641-6
• ISBN-03: 0674006410 / 0-674-00641-0
• Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2002

Price: 79,40 EURO

1 copy in stock