| Martyrdom and Rome Contributor(s): Bosersock, G. W. (Author), Bowersock, G. W. (Author), G. W., Bowersock (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521465397 ISBN-13: 9780521465397 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $114.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 1995 Annotation: This book examines the historical context of the earliest Christian martyrs, and anchors their grisly and often willful self-sacrifice to the everyday life and outlook of the cities (mostly Greek) of the Roman empire. By exploring the remains of contemporary documents of martyrdoms in the centuries before Constantine, it provides a historical explanation of why martyrdom occurred when and as it did, and thereby tries to expose the fundamental assumptions of a radical new form of religious and political dissidence that has been a powerful influence down to our own times. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | History - History | Ancient - Rome |
| Dewey: 272.1 |
| LCCN: 94028665 |
| Series: Wiles Lectures Given at the Queen's University of Belfast |
| Physical Information: 0.67" H x 5.7" W x 8.77" (0.50 lbs) 120 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Cultural Region - Italy |