Author: LIEU, SAMUEL N. C. & DOMINIC MONTSERRAT
Title: Constantine History, Historiography and Legend
Description: Routledge, 1998. Hardcover. ISBN: 0415107474. Former owner's name on ffep has been blacked out else NF. Dustjacket has minor shelfwear and rubbing. ; 0.97 x 8.74 x 5.82 Inches; 260 pages; examines the reign of Constantine, the first Christian emperor and the founder of Constantinople. From a variety of angles: historical, historiographical and mythical. The volume examines the circumstances of Constantine's reign and the historical problems surrounding them, the varied accounts of Constantine's life and the plethora of popular medieval legends surrounding the reign, to reveal the different visions and representations of the emperor from saint and patron of the Western church to imperial prototype. Constantine: History, Historiography and Legend presents a comprehensive and arresting study of this important and controversial emperor.. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .

Keywords: 0415107474 Biographies & Memoirs Constantine Byzantine To Gothic: 500-1400 Roman History Early Christianity Rome Late Antiquity Historiography Classical Greek & Roman


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