Author: John DillonPublisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 0472118293
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
An examination of Constantine the Great's legislation and government
Eusebius' Life of Constantine
Author: EusebiusPublisher: Clarendon Press
ISBN: 0191588474
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
Eusebius' Life of Constantine is the most important single record of Constantine, the emperor who turned the Roman Empire from prosecuting the Church to supporting it, with huge and lasting consequences for Europe and Christianity. The only English version previously available is based on a seventeenth-century Greek edition, but two new critical editions produced this century make a new English version necessary. The authors of this edition present the results of the recent scholarly debate, as well as their own researches so as to clarify the significance of Eusebius' work and introduce the student to the text and its interpretation, thus opening up the contentious issues. At face value much of what Eusebius wrote is false. This book shows how, once his partisan interpretations and rhetoric are properly understood, both Eusebius' text and the documents it contains give vital historical insights.
Author: David Stone PotterConstantine
Author: Paul StephensonPublisher: Abrams
ISBN: 1468303007
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
This “knowledgeable account” of the emperor who brought Christianity to Rome “provides valuable insight into Constantine’s era” (Kirkus Reviews). “By this sign conquer.” So began the reign of Constantine. In 312 A.D. a cross appeared in the sky above his army as he marched on Rome. In answer, Constantine bade his soldiers to inscribe the cross on their shield, and so fortified, they drove their rivals into the Tiber and claimed Rome for themselves. Constantine led Christianity and its adherents out of the shadow of persecution. He united the western and eastern halves of the Roman Empire, raising a new city center in the east. When barbarian hordes consumed Rome itself, Constantinople remained as a beacon of Roman Christianity. Constantine is a fascinating survey of the life and enduring legacy of perhaps the greatest and most unjustly ignored of the Roman emperors—written by a richly gifted historian. Paul Stephenson offers a nuanced and deeply satisfying account of a man whose cultural and spiritual renewal of the Roman Empire gave birth to the idea of a unified Christian Europe underpinned by a commitment to religious tolerance. “Successfully combines historical documents, examples of Roman art, sculpture, and coinage with the lessons of geopolitics to produce a complex biography of the Emperor Constantine.” —Publishers Weekly
The Wife Stalker
Author: Liv ConstantinePublisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0062967304
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
The bestselling author of The Last Mrs. Parrish—a Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick—returns with a psychological thriller, filled with chilling serpentine twists, about a woman fighting to hold onto the only family she’s ever loved—and how far she’ll go to preserve it. Named one of the most anticipated thrillers of the year by Goodreads, Bustle, SheReads, and Library Journal; A LibraryReads pick of the month Breezing into the upscale seaside paradise of Westport, Connecticut, gorgeous thirtysomething Piper Reynard sets down roots, opening a rehab and wellness space and joining a local yacht club. When she meets Leo Drakos, a handsome, successful lawyer, the wedding ring on his finger is the only thing she doesn’t like about him. Yet as Piper well knows, no marriage is permanent. Meanwhile, Joanna has been waiting patiently for Leo, the charismatic man she fell in love with all those years ago, to re-emerge from the severe depression that has engulfed him. Though she’s thankful when Leo returns to his charming, energetic self, paying attention again to Evie and Stelli, the children they both love beyond measure, Joanna is shocked to discover that it’s not her loving support that’s sparked his renewed happiness—it’s something else. Piper. Leo has fallen head over heels for the flaky, New Age-y newcomer, and unrepentant and resolute, he’s more than willing to leave Joanna behind, along with everything they’ve built. Of course, he assures her, she can still see the children. Joanna is devastated—and determined to find something, anything, to use against this woman who has stolen her life and her true love. As she digs deeper into Piper’s past, Joanna begins to unearth disturbing secrets . . . but when she confides to her therapist that she fears for the lives of her ex-husband and children, her concerns are dismissed as paranoia. Can she find the proof she needs in time to save them?
Constantine Porphyrogennetos - The Book of Ceremonies
Author: Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004344926
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 912
Book Description
This is the first modern language translation of the entire text of the tenth-century Greek Book of Ceremonies (De ceremoniis) , a work compiled and edited by the Byzantine emperor Constantine VII (905-959). It preserves material from the fifth century through to the 960s. Chapters deal with diverse subjects of concern to the emperor including the role of the court, secular and ecclesiastical ceremonies, processions within the Palace and through Constantinople to its churches, the imperial tombs, embassies, banquets and dress, the role of the demes, hippodrome festivals with chariot races, imperial appointments, the hierarchy of the Byzantine administration, the equipping of expeditions, including to recover Crete from the Arabs, and the lists of ecclesiastical provinces and bishoprics.
DR CONSTANTINE'S BRIDE
Author: Fusako WazumiPublisher: Harlequin / SB Creative
ISBN: 459662383X
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 129
Book Description
She expected to be reunited with her lover. Instead, her heart has been broken… I'm going to start my new life on that island! With high expectations, Katie heads for her lover's home island of Cyprus. But it's her lover's cousin, Christos Constantine, who shows up at the airport. He devastates her by telling her his cousin is getting married and he won’t allow her to ruin the wedding. Grief-stricken, Katie wants to talk with her lover herself, but Christos won't even give her his contact information. Instead, Katie decides to take a job as a nurse under Christos's supervision.
CONSTANTINE'S DEFIANT MISTRESS
Author: Sharon KendrickPublisher: Harlequin / SB Creative
ISBN: 4596686831
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Seven years ago, Laura had a brief affair with Constantine Karantinos. Now he's getting married, but Laura has a surprise for him?their short time together resulted in a son, Alex. Constantine, now with the heir he needs, ends his engagement and insists Laura and Alex come to Greece. Laura agrees, but only as a servant in his house. While Laura works during the day, Constantine has other ideas for her at night. But can a man raised in a loveless family learn to truly care for Laura and their son?
Constantine, Divine Emperor of the Christian Golden Age
Author: Jonathan BardillPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521764238
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 471
Book Description
"Constantine was the first Roman emperor to convert to Christianity. The book explores the emperor's image as conveyed through literature, art, and architecture, and shows how Constantine reconciled the tradition of imperial divinity with his monotheistic faith. It demonstrates how the traditional themes and imagery of kingship were exploited to portray the emperor as the saviour of his people and to assimilate him to Christ. This is the first book to study simultaneously both archaeological and historical information to build a picture of the emperor's image and propaganda. It is extensively illustrated" --Provided by publisher.
Constantine and Eusebius
Author: Timothy David BarnesPublisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674165311
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
Here is the fullest available narrative history of the reigns of Diocletian and Constantine, and a new assessment of the part Christianity played in the Roman world of the third and fourth centuries.
