A Chronicle of the Last Pagans - Rilegato

Chuvin, Pierre

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ISBN 10: 0674129709 ISBN 13: 9780674129702

Casa editrice: Harvard Univ Pr, 1990

Riassunto

A Chronicle of the Last Pagans is a history of the triumph of Christianity in the Roman Empire as told from the perspective of the defeated: the adherents of the mysteries, cults, and philosophies that dominated Greco-Roman culture. With a sovereign command of the diverse evidence, Pierre Chuvin portrays the complex spiritual, intellectual, and political lives of professing pagans after Christianity became the state religion. While recreating the unfolding drama of their fate--their gradual loss of power, exclusion from political, military, and civic positions, their assimilation, and finally their persecution--he records a remarkable persistence of pagan religiosity and illustrates the fruitful interaction between Christianity and paganism. The author points to the implications of this late paganism for subsequent developments in the Byzantine Empire and the West. Chuvin's compelling account of an often forgotten world of pagan culture rescues an important aspect of our spiritual heritage and provides new understanding of Late Antiquity.

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188p hardback, dustjacket preserved using clear protective sleeve, a Cambridge College library copy, label to spine, bookplate and stamp to endpaper, firm binding, all pages are clean, a very good copy overall

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• Editore: Harvard Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0674129709
• ISBN 13: 9780674129702
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 200