The Rhetoric of Power in Late Antiquity 9780755605576, 9781848854093, 9781848852365, 9781845119577

The rhetoric of power in late antiquity: religion and politics in Byzantium, Europe and the early Islamic world [First edition] 9781848852365, 9781848854093, 1848854099, 9780755603916, 0755603915

Late Antiquity, the period of transition from the crisis of Roman Empire in the third century to the Middle Ages, has tr

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The Power of Religion in Late Antiquity 0754667251, 9780754667254

Late Antiquity witnessed a dramatic recalibration in the economy of power, and nowhere was this more pronounced than in

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Rhetoric and Religious Identity in Late Antiquity 9780192542663, 9780198813194

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Icons of Power: Ritual Practices in Late Antiquity 9780271093390

In the waning years of the Roman Empire, Jews, Christians, and pagans alike used rituals to bridge the gap between the h

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The Purpose of Rhetoric in Late Antiquity: From Performance to Exegesis 9783161523526, 9783161522697

Rhetoric has commonly been used as an umbrella term. A quick glance at any bibliographical catalogue in the field of Hum

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The Propaganda of Power: The Role of Panegyric in Late Antiquity 9004105719, 9789004105713

The 13 essays presented here shed new light on the role of panegyric in the western and eastern Roman Empire in the late

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Rhetoric in Antiquity 0813214076, 9780813214078

Originally published as La Rhétorique dans l'Antiquité (2000), this new English edition provides students with a va

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Rhetoric in Antiquity 0813214076, 9780813214078

Originally published as La Rhétorique dans l'Antiquité (2000), this new English edition provides students with a va

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Public disputation, power, and social order in late antiquity 9780520085770

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Jews, Christians, and the Roman Empire: The Poetics of Power in Late Antiquity 9780812208573

This volume revisits issues of empire from the perspective of Jews, Christians, and other Romans in the third to sixth c

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