Veyne, Paul, 1930-
When our world became Christian, 312-394 / Paul Veyne ; translated by Janet Lloyd. - Cambridge ; Malden, MA : Polity, c2010. - vi, 248 p. ; 22 cm.
"First published in French as Quand notre monde est devenu chrétien"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [177]-241) and index.
Constantine : the saviour of humanity -- Christianity : a masterpiece -- The church : another masterpiece -- The dream of the Milvian Bridge : Constantine's faith and his conversion -- The motives, both major and minor, for Constantine's conversion -- Constantine, the church's "president" -- An ambivalent century, with an empire at once pagan and Christian -- Christianity wavers, then triumphs -- A partial and mixed state religion : the fate of the Jews -- Was there an ideology? -- Does Europe have Christian roots? -- Appendix: Polytheisms and monolatry in ancient Judaism.
Translated from the French.
9780745644981 (hbk.) 0745644988 (hbk.) 9780745644998 (pbk.)
2010280381
GBA9A2981 bnb
015398308 Uk
Church history--4th century.
BR205 / .V4913 2010
270.2
When our world became Christian, 312-394 / Paul Veyne ; translated by Janet Lloyd. - Cambridge ; Malden, MA : Polity, c2010. - vi, 248 p. ; 22 cm.
"First published in French as Quand notre monde est devenu chrétien"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [177]-241) and index.
Constantine : the saviour of humanity -- Christianity : a masterpiece -- The church : another masterpiece -- The dream of the Milvian Bridge : Constantine's faith and his conversion -- The motives, both major and minor, for Constantine's conversion -- Constantine, the church's "president" -- An ambivalent century, with an empire at once pagan and Christian -- Christianity wavers, then triumphs -- A partial and mixed state religion : the fate of the Jews -- Was there an ideology? -- Does Europe have Christian roots? -- Appendix: Polytheisms and monolatry in ancient Judaism.
Translated from the French.
9780745644981 (hbk.) 0745644988 (hbk.) 9780745644998 (pbk.)
2010280381
GBA9A2981 bnb
015398308 Uk
Church history--4th century.
BR205 / .V4913 2010
270.2