The Making of Late Antiquity
This wide-ranging book explores the significant changes that took place in the classical world between the late second and early fourth centuries. A new elitism in religion had its parallel in society as a whole and a wide polarization of the wealthy and the poor developed, as unbridled ambition...
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This wide-ranging book explores the significant changes that took place in the classical world between the late second and early fourth centuries. A new elitism in religion had its parallel in society as a whole and a wide polarization of the wealthy and the poor developed, as unbridled ambition made the sharp distinction between the rulers and the ruled. Rather than presenting a straight history, the author paints a full picture of this period, drawing connections from the early monks to the modern poets, from the classical Roman aristocracy to the Medicis of the Renaissance.
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Format: Textbook
ISBN:
9780674543218 (0674543211)
ASIN: 9780674543218
Publish date: 28-03-1993
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Edition language: English
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