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Political memory and the Constantinian dynasty : fashioning disgrace / Rebecca Usherwood.

9783030879303 (electronic bk.)
3030879305 (electronic bk.)
9783030879310
3030879313
9783030879327
3030879321
9783030879297
3030879291

Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, [2022]

©2022

English

1 online resource : illustrations (some color).

10.1007/978-3-030-87930-3 doi

DG316 .U74 2022

937/.080922

This book is an exploration of political memory and disgrace in the reigns of Constantine and his sons. It uses the conditions of the early to mid-fourth century to argue that the deconstruction of political legitimacy should be viewed, first and foremost, as a collective phenomenon, the result of the actions of a diverse range of people responding to political change. It also challenges many positivist and teleological narratives of the Age of Constantine. Shifting the focus from the emperor and his sons onto their rivals and opponents, the Constantinian dynasty is placed back into the messy and ambiguous political environment from which it emerged. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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New approaches to Byzantine history and culture.

Print version: 9783030879297

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