Автор: Prof. Michele Renee Salzman Название: The Making of a Christian Aristocracy: Social and Religious Change in the Western Roman Empire Издательство: Harvard University Press Год: 2004 Формат: PDF Размер: 4,2 Мб Язык: Английский
An impressive piece of work. Salzman has produced the most complete quantitative study of conversion of aristocrats to date. I particularly liked her concluding chapter on their influence on Christianity. She shows that fourth-century bishops adopted the rhetoric of "nobility" and "honor" in their preaching and writing in a way that appealed to aristocrats. (Elizabeth Clark, Duke University )