" Veyne's] present book has some kinship with his sprightly theoretical work "Comment on ecrit l'histoire"; and he declares that its aim was to provoke reflection on the way our conception of truth is built up and changes over the centuries. . . . The style is brilliant and exhilarating." Jasper Griffin, "Times Literary Supplement""
" Veyne's] present book has some kinship with his sprightly theoretical work "Comment on ecrit l'histoire"; and he declares that its aim was to provok...
The great stoic philosopher, playwright and Roman statesman of the first century, Lucius Annaeus Seneca, exercised enormous influence for nearly 15 years as tutor and political advisor to the Emperor Nero until forced to commit suicide by his former pupil. This title details Seneca's life.
The great stoic philosopher, playwright and Roman statesman of the first century, Lucius Annaeus Seneca, exercised enormous influence for nearly 15 ye...
First of the widely celebrated and sumptuously illustrated series, this book reveals in intimate detail what life was really like in the ancient world. Behind the vast panorama of the pagan Roman empire, the reader discovers the intimate daily lives of citizens and slaves--from concepts of manhood and sexuality to marriage and the family, the roles of women, chastity and contraception, techniques of childbirth, homosexuality, religion, the meaning of virtue, and the separation of private and public spaces.
The emergence of Christianity in the West and the triumph of Christian...
First of the widely celebrated and sumptuously illustrated series, this book reveals in intimate detail what life was really like in the ancient wo...
This compact book--which appeared earlier in the multivolume series A History of Private Life--is a history of the Roman Empire in pagan times. It is an interpretation setting forth in detail the universal civilization of the Romans--so much of it Hellenic--that later gave way to Christianity.
This compact book--which appeared earlier in the multivolume series A History of Private Life--is a history of the Roman Empire in pagan times....
This short book by one of France's leading historians deals with a big question: how was it that Christianity, that masterpiece of religious invention, managed, between 300 and 400 AD, to impose itself upon the whole of the Western world? In his erudite and inimitable way, Paul Veyne suggests three possible explanations.
Was it because a Roman emperor, Constantine, who was master of the Western world at the time, became a sincere convert to Christianity and set out to Christianize the whole world in order to save it?
Or was it because, as a great emperor, Constantine...
This short book by one of France's leading historians deals with a big question: how was it that Christianity, that masterpiece of religious invention...
Paul Veyne untersucht im vorliegenden Buch die Art und Weise, in der die Griechen an ihre Mythen glaubten. Dabei unterscheidet er verschiedene Modalitten des Glaubens: den Glauben aufgrund von uerungen, aufgrund von Erfahrung usw., und gelangt zur Wahrheitsfrage.
Paul Veyne untersucht im vorliegenden Buch die Art und Weise, in der die Griechen an ihre Mythen glaubten. Dabei unterscheidet er verschiedene Modalit...
Wie und warum wurde aus dem heidnischen römischen Reich ein christliches? Wie war es möglich, daß die Christen, eben noch blutig verfolgt und als Staatsfeinde gebrandmarkt, plötzlich, am 28. Oktober 312, den römischen Kaiser selbst in ihren Reihen begrüßen durften und danach innerhalb weniger Generationen das Christentum Staatsreligion wurde? Ein kluger, unterhaltsamer Essay über eine Revolution im 4. Jahrhundert, die aus einem vielfältig heidnischen Europa ein christliches machte. Was wäre aus der kleinen unterdrückten christlichen Sekte geworden, wenn Kaiser Konstantin nicht...
Wie und warum wurde aus dem heidnischen römischen Reich ein christliches? Wie war es möglich, daß die Christen, eben noch blutig verfolgt und als S...
