Prudentius, Spain, and Late Antique Christianity

Prudentius, Spain, and Late Antique Christianity
Author :
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 269
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781108132763
ISBN-13 : 1108132766
Rating : 4/5 (766 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Prudentius, Spain, and Late Antique Christianity by : Paula Hershkowitz

Download or read book Prudentius, Spain, and Late Antique Christianity written by Paula Hershkowitz and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-01-05 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an innovative approach to the Hispano-Roman Christian poet Prudentius and his poetry. It is a breakthrough in Prudentian scholarship which unifies the differing disciplines of history, archaeology, literature and art history in arguing that Prudentius and his envisaged Spanish audience cannot be fully understood in isolation from their environment in late fourth- and early fifth-century Spain. Paula Hershkowitz focuses on Prudentius' Peristephanon, his collection of verses celebrating the deaths of martyrs, and places these poems within the context of Prudentius' world, uniquely employing material, visual and textual remains as evidence for its religious, social and cultural affiliations. It also draws on this material evidence to contextualise Prudentius' awareness of the significance of the visual as a means of promoting beliefs against the background of this crucial formative period in religious history when many of his Spanish audience were not yet fully committed to the Christian faith.


Prudentius, Spain, and Late Antique Christianity Related Books

Prudentius, Spain, and Late Antique Christianity
Language: en
Pages: 269
Authors: Paula Hershkowitz
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-01-05 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This book sets Prudentius' martyr poetry within the religious, social, and visual contexts of late antique Spain. This original approach utilises the fields of
Prudentius, Spain, and Late Antique Christianity
Language: en
Pages: 269
Authors: Paula Hershkowitz
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-01-05 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This book provides an innovative approach to the Hispano-Roman Christian poet Prudentius and his poetry. It is a breakthrough in Prudentian scholarship which un
Living Martyrs in Late Antiquity and Beyond
Language: en
Pages: 307
Authors: Diane Shane Fruchtman
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2023-02-01 - Publisher: Taylor & Francis

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This book demonstrates that living martyrdom was an important spiritual aspiration in the late antique Latin west and argues that, consequently, attempts to def
The Psychomachia of Prudentius
Language: en
Pages: 260
Authors: Aaron Pelttari
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-08-22 - Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Prudentius (b. 348 c.e.), one of the greatest Latin poets of late antiquity, was also a devoted Christian. His allegorical masterpiece, Psychomachia, combines e
Genesis in Late Antique Poetry
Language: en
Pages: 250
Authors: Andrew Faulkner
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2022-05-13 - Publisher: CUA Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The biblical book of Genesis stands nearly without parallel in the shared history of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Because of its abiding importance to late