The Age of Constantine the Great (1949)

ISBN-13: 9781138602168 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 388 str.

Jacob Burckhardt

Opis

Republished in 1949, Jacob Burckhardt’s brilliant study has survived all its critics and presents today a singularly clear apprehension of the meaning of the ancient-medieval transition.

Spis treści

1. The Imperial Power in the Third Century. 2. Diocletian: His System of Adoptions and His Reign. 3. Individual Provinces and Neighbouring Countries: The West. 4. Individual Provinces and Neighbouring Countries: The East. 5. Paganism: Intermingling of Gods. 6. Immortality and its Mysteries: The Daimonization of Paganism. 7. Senescence of Ancient Life and its Culture. 8. The Persecution of Christians. 9. Constantine and the Church. 10. Court, Administration, and Army: Constantinople, Rome, Athens, and Jerusalem. 11. Addenda et Corrigenda on the Ancient Sources. 12. Chronology of the Emperors.

O autorze

Jacob Burckhardt