Emperor and Author by Nicholas Baker-Brian
This volume offers the first comprehensive analysis in English of all the writings of Julian (r. AD 361-363), the last pagan emperor of Rome, noted for his frontal and self-conscious challenge to Christianity. The book also contains treatments of Julian's laws, inscriptions, coinage, as well as his artistic programme. Across nineteen papers, international specialists in the field of Late Antique Studies offer original interpretations of an extraordinary figure: emperor and philosopher, soldier and accomplished writer. Julian, his life and writings, are here considered as parts of the tumult in politics, culture and religion during the Fourth Century AD. New light is shed on Julian's distinctive literary style and imperial agenda. The volume also includes an up-to-date, consolidated bibliography.
This is a volume that ought to be read by any student of Julian and, indeed, by any student of late antiquity-- Hagith Sivan, University of Kansas Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2013.04.24 "I heartily recommend this work to all who are interested in fourth-century ecclesiastical history, and particularly to scholars studying the religious conflict of the era." -- David Neal Greenwood, University of Edinburgh Anglican Theological Review (ATR) 95:3
Tougher, Shaun: -
Shaun Tougher is Professor of Late Roman and Byzantine History in the School of History, Archaeology and Religion at Cardiff University, UK. His research interests lie in the political and social history of the later Roman and Byzantine empires. His publications include Julian the Apostate (2007),
The Eunuch in Byzantine History and Society (2008), and The Emperor in the Byzantine World (ed. 2019).
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| ISBN 13 | 9781905125500 |
| ISBN 10 | 190512550X |
| Title | Emperor and Author |
| Author | Nicholas John Baker-Brian |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Classical Press of Wales |
| Year published | 2012-09-06 |
| Number of pages | 380 |
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