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Passion and Paradise [Paperback]
J. Warren Smith (Author)
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ISBN: 9780824519445
Published by : Herder Editrice e Livreria
This study of the great fourth century theologian Gregory of Nyssa explores his conception of man's relationship to God, and the implications of man being made in God's image for the nature of salvation. Smith also looks at the influence of Neo... .... Learn More -
Augustine: The Confessions [Paperback]
Gillian Clark (Author)
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ISBN: 9781904675037
Published by : Bristol Phoenix Press
The Confessions , written at the close of the 4th century CE, is a highly significant text in the history of European culture. Augustine explains just how and why he came to abandon a successful career and the personal enjoyments of a largely ... .... Learn More -
Christian Monuments of Cyrenaica [Hardback]
J. B. Ward-Perkins (Author); R. G. Goodchild (Author); Joyce Reynolds (Editor)
£60.00ISBN: 9781900971010
Published by : Society for Libyan Studies
Series: Society for Libyan Studies Monograph
Volume: 4
Christian Monuments of Cyrenaica publishes archaeological studies undertaken between 1953 and 1971 by the late J. B. Ward-Perkins (d. 1981) and the late R. G. Goodchild (d. 1968). It presents Ward-Perkins accounts (mostly left in advanced draft fo... .... Learn More -
Studies in Late Antique, Byzantine and Medieval Western Art, Volume 2: Studies in Medieval Western Art and the Art of Norman Sicily [Hardback]
Ernst Kitzinger (Author)
£150.00ISBN: 9781899828449
Published by : Pindar Press
This, the second of two volumes containing all of Professor Kitzinger's essays on late antique and medieval art, painting and mosaics, is accompanied by a new preface and a comprehensive index. Divided into three sections, Anglo-Saxon, the Medi... .... Learn More -
Jerome on Virginity: A Commentary on the Libellus de virginitate servanda (Letter 22) [Hardback]
Neil Adkin (Author)
£75.00ISBN: 9780905205380
Published by : Francis Cairns (Publications) Ltd
Series: ARCA, Classical and Medieval Texts, Papers and Monographs
Volume: 42
This is a major new commentary on Jerome's Libellus de virginitate servanda , the first in any language to be devoted to this work. Written in Rome in 384, this treatise sets out the manner of life appropriate to a Christian virgin. It takes the... .... Learn More -
Byzance, Les Slaves et L'Occident: Etudes sur l'art paléochrétien et médiéval [Hardback]
Tania Velmans (Author)
£150.00ISBN: 9781899828708
Published by : Pindar Press
A pupil of André Grabar, Tania Velmans has worked for over thirty years on the art of the Byzantine empire and its wider diffusion throughout the neighbouring Slavic lands.This volume makes available sixteen of the author's studies divid... .... Learn More -
Studies in Late Antique, Byzantine and Medieval Western Art, Volume 1: Studies in Late Antique and Byzantine Art [Hardback]
Ernst Kitzinger (Author)
£150.00ISBN: 9781899828432
Published by : Pindar Press
This is the first of two volumes that contains all of Professor Kitzinger's major essays on the art of Late Antiquity, accompanied by a new preface and a comprehensive index. The volume is divided into two sections; the first on Late Antique a... .... Learn More -
Saint Augustine's Childhood [Hardback]
Garry Wills (Author)
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ISBN: 9780670030019
Published by : Viking
This compact book translates the first book of the Confessions, together with his dialogue the Teacher, with a detailed commentary and introduction setting out the importance of childhood in Augustine's theology. .... Learn More -
Politics, Philosophy and Empire in the Fourth Century: Select Orations of Themistius [Paperback]
Peter Heather (Author); David Moncur (Author)
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ISBN: 9780853231066
Published by : Liverpool University Press
Themestius had a long and prosperous career as an orator, philosopher and propagandist, beginning in AD 350 with his speech to Emperor Constantius II. He remained centre stage in the political and cultural life of Constantinople under Constanti... .... Learn More -
Economy and Exchange in the East Mediterranean during Late Antiquity [Paperback]
Sean A. Kingsley (Author); Michael Decker (Author)
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ISBN: 9781842170441
Published by : Oxbow Books
The results of recent archaeological excavation, systematic rural survey and detailed studies of pottery distributions have revealed the extent and complexities of the economy in the eastern empire. The eight papers in this volume demonstrate t... .... Learn More
