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EBOOK Last Pagans of Rome

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Wydawnictwo: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780199890132
EAN: 5CA34D33EB
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Stron: 896
Data wydania: 2010
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Rufinus' vivid account of the battle between the Eastern Emperor Theodosius and        the Western usurper Eugenius by the River Frigidus in 394 represents it as the final        confrontation between paganism and Christianity. It is indeed widely believed that a        largely pagan aristocracy remained a powerful and active force well into the fifth        century, sponsoring pagan literary circles, patronage of the classics, and        propaganda for the old cults in art and literature. The main focus of much modern        scholarship on the end of paganism in the West has been on its supposed stubborn        resistance to Christianity. The dismantling of this romantic myth is one of the main        goals of Alan Cameron's book. Actually, the book argues, Western paganism petered        out much earlier and more rapidly than hitherto assumed.The subject of this book is        not the conversion of the last pagans but rather the duration, nature, and        consequences of their survival. By re-examining the abundant textual evidence, both        Christian (Ambrose, Augustine, Jerome, Paulinus, Prudentius) and "e;pagan"e; (Claudian,        Macrobius, and Ammianus Marcellinus), as well as the visual evidence (ivory        diptychs, illuminated manuscripts, silverware), Cameron shows that most of the        activities and artifacts previously identified as hallmarks of a pagan revival were        in fact just as important to the life of cultivated Christians. Far from being a        subversive activity designed to rally pagans, the acceptance of classical        literature, learning, and art by most elite Christians may actually have helped the        last reluctant pagans to finally abandon the old cults and adopt Christianity. The        culmination of decades of research, The Last Pagans of Rome will overturn many        long-held assumptions about pagan and Christian culture in the late antique        West.

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