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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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