Prudentius On The Martyrs
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Author | : Anne-Marie Palmer |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 344 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
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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.
Author | : Len Krisak |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 239 |
Release | : 2019-08-21 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1351136925 |
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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.
Author | : Michael Roberts |
Publisher | : University of Michigan Press |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Christian martyrs in literature |
ISBN | : 9780472104499 |
Download Poetry and the Cult of the Martyrs Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
A beautifully detailed literary study of Prudentius's eulogies of the Christian martyrs
Author | : Paula Hershkowitz |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 269 |
Release | : 2017-01-05 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1107149606 |
Download Prudentius, Spain, and Late Antique Christianity Book 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.
Author | : Prudentius |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 1962 |
Genre | : Hymns, English |
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Download Hymns for every day. The martyrs crowns. v. 2. The divinity of Christ. The origin of sin. The Spiritual combat. Against Symmachus, books 1 and 2. Scenes from sacred history, or Twofold nourishment. Epilogue. Indices Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Author | : Paula Hershkowitz |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 270 |
Release | : 2017 |
Genre | : Christian poetry, Latin |
ISBN | : 9781108132046 |
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This book provides an innovative approach to the Hispano-Roman Christian poet Prudentius and his poetry. It is a breakthrough in Prudentian scholarship which unifies the differing disciplines of history, archaeology, literature and art history in arguing that Prudentius and his envisaged Spanish audience cannot be fully understood in isolation from their environment in late fourth- and early fifth-century Spain. Paula Hershkowitz focuses on Prudentius' Peristephanon, his collection of verses celebrating the deaths of martyrs, and places these poems within the context of Prudentius' world, uniquely employing material, visual and textual remains as evidence for its religious, social and cultural affiliations. It also draws on this material evidence to contextualise Prudentius' awareness of the significance of the visual as a means of promoting beliefs against the background of this crucial formative period in religious history when many of his Spanish audience were not yet fully committed to the Christian faith.
Author | : H. J. Thomson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 408 |
Release | : 1961 |
Genre | : Latin literature |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Diane Shane Fruchtman |
Publisher | : Taylor & Francis |
Total Pages | : 307 |
Release | : 2023-02-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1000630919 |
Download Living Martyrs in Late Antiquity and Beyond Book 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.
Author | : Prudentius |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 1962 |
Genre | : Hymns, Latin |
ISBN | : |
Download Poems of Prudentius: Hymns for every day. The martyrs crowns Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Author | : Anthony P. Schiavo, Jr. |
Publisher | : Arx Publishing, LLC |
Total Pages | : 218 |
Release | : 2018-09-17 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1935228188 |
Download I Am A Christian Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
"Jesus never existed." "The Bible is a book of fairy tales." "Accounts of Christian persecution are fables." Christians of today face ridiculous claims of this type on a regular basis. These charges gain traction in the modern world because the average person has practically no knowledge of the Church's ancient past. I Am A Christian: Authentic Accounts of Christian Martyrdom and Persecution from the Ancient Sources aims to remedy this deficiency. The works collected in this book represent some of the most trustworthy first-hand accounts of the triumphs and travails of the early Church that have survived antiquity. These include several authentic transcripts of Roman legal proceedings against Christians, along with obscure but fascinating historical works that are unfamiliar to even the most informed Christians of today. In several cases, readers will be presented with the actual words of the martyrs themselves. In others, they will read accounts penned by eye-witnesses or authors writing within the living memory of the events themselves. Taken together, these works form a glorious record of early Christian zeal and fortitude in the face of aggressive state persecution. When reading them, one notices a common refrain: when questioned, the accused would cry out: “I am a Christian,” which was the equivalent of saying, “I am guilty as charged.” In an era when such an admission carried a death sentence, these authentic testimonies provide a convincing answer to modern skeptics who will find them as baffling as did the ancient Roman emperors, proconsuls and magistrates of nearly two millennia ago.