Prudentius, Spain, and Late Antique Christianity - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Prudentius, Spain, and Late Antique Christianity write by Paula Hershkowitz. This book was released on 2017-01-05. Prudentius, Spain, and Late Antique Christianity available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book sets Prudentius' martyr poetry within the religious, social, and visual contexts of late antique Spain. This original approach utilises the fields of history, archaeology, classical literature and art history, and the book is important for academics and more advanced students within these disciplines.
Prudentius on the Martyrs
Prudentius on the Martyrs - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Prudentius on the Martyrs write by Anne-Marie Palmer. This book was released on 1989. Prudentius on the Martyrs available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This critical study provides the first comprehensive analysis of the Latin poet Prudentius, considered one of the greatest Christian poets of the late Antique period. Palmer examines the poet's life and society, investigates the purpose of the poems--especially the Peristephanon--and their intended audience, and discusses them in relation to both the heritage of Classical literature and to sources in contemporary martyr-literature. He shows that Prudentius, writing most of his poems at a turning point in the history of the Western Empire, accepted many aspects of secular poetry and combined them with the new ideals and forms of expression provided by Christianity and its growing literature.
Living Martyrs in Late Antiquity and Beyond
Living Martyrs in Late Antiquity and Beyond - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Living Martyrs in Late Antiquity and Beyond write by Diane Shane Fruchtman. This book was released on 2023-02-01. Living Martyrs in Late Antiquity and Beyond available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book demonstrates that living martyrdom was an important spiritual aspiration in the late antique Latin west and argues that, consequently, attempts to define, study, or locate martyrdom must move away from conceptualizations that require or center on death. After an introduction that traces the persistence of "living martyrs" as real objects of spiritual devotion and emulation across the span of Christian history and discusses why such martyrs have been overlooked, the book focuses on three significant authors from the late ancient Latin west for whom martyrdom did not require death: the Spanish poet Prudentius (c. 348–413), the senator-turned-ascetic Paulinus of Nola (353–431), and the influential North African bishop Augustine of Hippo (354–430). Through historically and literarily contextualized close readings of their work, this book shows that each of these three authors attempted to create a new paradigm of martyrdom focused on living, rather than dying, for God. By focusing on these living martyrs, we are able to see more clearly the aspirations and agendas of those who promoted them as martyrs and how their martyrological discourse illuminates the variety of ways that martyrdom is and can be mobilized (in any era) to construct new, community-creating worldviews. Living Martyrs in Late Antiquity and Beyond is an important resource for historians of Christianity, scholars of religious studies, and anyone interested in exploring or understanding martyrological discourse. The Introduction of this book is available for free in PDF format as Open Access from the individual product page at www.routledge.com. It has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.
Prudentius’ Crown of Martyrs
Prudentius’ Crown of Martyrs - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Prudentius’ Crown of Martyrs write by Len Krisak. This book was released on 2019-08-21. Prudentius’ Crown of Martyrs available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Prudentius’ Crown of Martyrs offers an English translation, with introduction and commentary, of the Liber Peristephanon, Prudentius’ vivid collection of lyric hymns in honor of Christian martyrs. To render Prudentius’ metrically varied lines for twenty-first-century readers, Len Krisak relies on the inherent iambic nature of English. The introduction offers insight into social, political, and literary features of the fourth century, the life of Prudentius, the poet’s other works, his Latinity and mastery of ancient meters, and the manuscript tradition and the reception of Prudentius in the Middle Ages and beyond. Given Prudentius’ central place in the history of Latin poetry, this translation is a welcome resource for general readers interested in Western literary history. It will also find a home with scholarly audiences working on Late Antique and Early Christian literature and culture, in a wide variety of college classrooms and in academic libraries.
Reading Sin in the World
Reading Sin in the World - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Reading Sin in the World write by Anthony Dykes. This book was released on 2011-02-24. Reading Sin in the World available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Prudentius is one of the major Latin poets of antiquity. A Christian living and writing in Spain in the late fourth and early fifth centuries, he was thoroughly imbued with the whole tradition of Latin poetry. The Hamartigenia is a didactic poem exploring the origins of evil and how it operates in the world. It is full of echoes and reworkings of earlier poems by Lucretius, Virgil and others, but is also a serious contribution to this important theological issue which was much discussed in Church circles of the day. This is a major new study of the Hamartigenia in the context of Prudentius' work as a whole and is striking for being as seriously interested in its theological as in its literary contribution.
