كتاب
Making martyrs in late antiquity
| العنوان: | Making martyrs in late antiquity |
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| المؤلفون: | Grig, Lucy. |
| بيانات النشر: | London : Duckworth, 2004. |
| سنة النشر: | 2004 |
| وصف مادي: | xiii, 207 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Martyrdom -- Christianity., Martyrs in art., Martyrs in literature., Christian martyrs in art., Christian martyrs in literature., Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600. |
| الوصف: | "In Making Martyrs in Late Antiquity Lucy Grig focuses on both artistic and textual representations to investigate the making of martyrs in the fourth- and fifth-century Latin West. She shows that this 'making' of martyrs played a crucial role in the process of Christianisation during the post-Constantinian period. The writings of some of the most important figures in late antique Christianity - Augustine, Ambrose and Jerome - are considered, along with a number of anonymous, marginal and marginalised texts. The book covers such major subjects as the history of martyrdom and martyr texts and the role of images and relics in cult and representation. It also examines a number of key themes including the role of spectacle in martyr representation, the importance of suffering in the construction of Christian identity, and the interaction of text and image in the process of representation. Between the chapters are short pieces focusing on individual martyrs (such as the African martyr bishop Cyprian, and the virgin martyr par excellence, Agnes). These sections provide close readings of the textual and material testimony, and show how politics (textual, sexual and ecclesiastical) were bound up in the making of martyrs. The power of the martyrs in late antiquity, and beyond, is clearly demonstrated."--BOOK JACKET. |
| ملاحظة حول المحتويات: | A brief history of Martyrdom -- Cyprian -- Performing texts : martyrs and spectacle in the north African liturgy -- Marculus -- Courtroom dramas : judicial narrative and judicial violence in late antique martyrology -- Agnes -- Multiplying texts : from martyr act to miracle story -- Felix of Nola -- Picturing martyrs : text and image -- Laurence. |
| Original Identifier: | ocm56539688 |
| نوع الوثيقة: | Book |
| اللغة: | English |
| ردمك: | 978-0-7156-3285-7 0-7156-3285-X |
| حقوق: | This record is part of the Harvard Library Bibliographic Dataset, which is provided by the Harvard Library under its Bibliographic Dataset Use Terms and includes data made available by, among others, OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. and the Library of Congress. |
| ملاحظات: | Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Cambridge University, 2000. Includes bibliographical references (p. [186]-204) and index. |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edshlc.009557276.7 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | Harvard Library Bibliographic Dataset |
| ردمك: | 9780715632857 071563285X |
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