001478695 000__ 04906nam\a22007575i\4500 001478695 001__ 1478695 001478695 003__ DE-B1597 001478695 005__ 20231026034952.0 001478695 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 001478695 007__ cr\un\nnnunnun 001478695 008__ 221201t20092002mau\\\\\o\\d\z\\\\\\eng\d 001478695 020__ $$a9780674043046 001478695 0247_ $$a10.4159/9780674043046$$2doi 001478695 035__ $$a(DE-B1597)585411 001478695 035__ $$a(OCoLC)1294424817 001478695 040__ $$aDE-B1597$$beng$$cDE-B1597$$erda 001478695 0410_ $$aeng 001478695 044__ $$amau$$cUS-MA 001478695 072_7 $$aHIS002020$$2bisacsh 001478695 08204 $$a248.240938 001478695 1001_ $$aSalzman, Michele Renee, $$eauthor.$$4aut$$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 001478695 24514 $$aThe Making of a Christian Aristocracy :$$bSocial and Religious Change in the Western Roman Empire /$$cMichele Renee Salzman. 001478695 264_1 $$aCambridge, MA : $$bHarvard University Press, $$c[2009] 001478695 264_4 $$c©2002 001478695 300__ $$a1 online resource (368 p.) 001478695 336__ $$atext$$btxt$$2rdacontent 001478695 337__ $$acomputer$$bc$$2rdamedia 001478695 338__ $$aonline resource$$bcr$$2rdacarrier 001478695 347__ $$atext file$$bPDF$$2rda 001478695 50500 $$tFrontmatter -- $$tContents -- $$tPreface -- $$tCHAPTER 1 Approaches to a Paradox -- $$tCHAPTER 2 Defining the Senatorial Aristocracy -- $$tCHAPTER 3 Aristocratic Men: Social Origins -- $$tCHAPTER 4 Aristocratic Men: Career Paths -- $$tCHAPTER 5 Aristocratic Women -- $$tCHAPTER 6 The Emperor's Influence on Aristocratic Conversion -- $$tCHAPTER 7 The Aristocrats' Influence on Christianity -- $$tTables -- $$tAppendix 1: Sources, Criteria, and Variables for the Database -- $$tAppendix 2: Names and Religious Affiliation of Aristocrats in the Study -- $$tAppendix 3: Sources for the Database- Addenda and Corrigenda to PLRE -- $$tAppendix 4: High Office Holders -- $$tAbbreviations and Frequently Cited Works -- $$tNotes -- $$tIndex 001478695 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 001478695 520__ $$aWhat did it take to cause the Roman aristocracy to turn to Christianity, changing centuries-old beliefs and religious traditions? Michele Salzman takes a fresh approach to this much-debated question. Focusing on a sampling of individual aristocratic men and women as well as on writings and archeological evidence, she brings new understanding to the process by which pagan aristocrats became Christian, and Christianity became aristocratic. Roman aristocrats would seem to be unlikely candidates for conversion to Christianity. Pagan and civic traditions were deeply entrenched among the educated and politically well-connected. Indeed, men who held state offices often were also esteemed priests in the pagan state cults: these priesthoods were traditionally sought as a way to reinforce one's social position. Moreover, a religion whose texts taught love for one's neighbor and humility, with strictures on wealth and notions of equality, would not have obvious appeal for those at the top of a hierarchical society. Yet somehow in the course of the fourth and early fifth centuries Christianity and the Roman aristocracy met and merged. Examining the world of the ruling class--its institutions and resources, its values and style of life--Salzman paints a fascinating picture, especially of aristocratic women. Her study yields new insight into the religious revolution that transformed the late Roman Empire. 001478695 538__ $$aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. 001478695 546__ $$aIn English. 001478695 5880_ $$aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 01. Dez 2022) 001478695 650_7 $$aHISTORY / Ancient / Rome.$$2bisacsh 001478695 655_0 $$aElectronic books 001478695 77308 $$iTitle is part of eBook package:$$dDe Gruyter$$tHarvard University Press eBook Package Backlist 2000-2013$$z9783110442205 001478695 852__ $$bebk 001478695 85640 $$3De Gruyter$$uhttps://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674043046$$zOnline Access 001478695 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:1478695$$pGLOBAL_SET 001478695 912__ $$a978-3-11-044220-5 Harvard University Press eBook Package Backlist 2000-2013$$c2000$$d2013 001478695 912__ $$aEBA_BACKALL 001478695 912__ $$aEBA_CL_CL 001478695 912__ $$aEBA_EBACKALL 001478695 912__ $$aEBA_EBKALL 001478695 912__ $$aEBA_ECL_CL 001478695 912__ $$aEBA_EEBKALL 001478695 912__ $$aEBA_ESSHALL 001478695 912__ $$aEBA_PPALL 001478695 912__ $$aEBA_SSHALL 001478695 912__ $$aGBV-deGruyter-alles 001478695 912__ $$aPDA11SSHE 001478695 912__ $$aPDA13ENGE 001478695 912__ $$aPDA17SSHEE 001478695 912__ $$aPDA5EBK 001478695 980__ $$aBIB 001478695 980__ $$aEBOOK 001478695 982__ $$aEbook 001478695 983__ $$aOnline