In defiance of history : Orosius and the unimproved past / Victoria Leonard.

Leonard, Victoria,
In defiance of history :
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Basım Bildirimi
First edition.
Yayın Bilgisi
[Place of publication not identified] : Routledge, 2022.
Fiziksel Niteleme
1 online resource (200 pages).
İçindekiler Notu
Foreword Mark HumphriesIntroductionChapter 1. Orosius as a Writer of HistoryChapter 2. The Making of TimeChapter 3. The Emperor and the DivineChapter 4. Apologetics and the Providence of WarChapter 5. The Sack of Rome: Christianizing Disaster
Özet, vb.
This volume offers a counterbalance to the dismissal that Orosius⁰́₉s Histories Against the Pagans has suffered in most recent criticism. Orosius is traditionally considered to be a mediocre scholar and an essentially worthless historian. This book takes his literary endeavour seriously, recognising the unique contribution the Histories made at a crucial moment of debate and uncertainty, where the present was shaped by restructuring the past. The significance of the Histories is recognised intrinsically rather than only in comparison with other texts and authors, principally Augustine of Hippo, Orosius's mentor. The approach of the book is historiographical, exploring the form, purpose and meaning of the Histories. The themes of divine providence, monotheism, and imperial authority are examined, and the subjects of war and the sack of Rome receive extended analysis. The book foregrounds Orosius's significant historiographical innovations that are seldom explored, such as the subversion of imperial history within a Christian spectrum in the synchronisation of the emperor Augustus and Christ. Each chapter contributes to the progression of knowledge about Orosius⁰́₉s Histories and the wider literary and historiographical culture of disruption that characterised the late fourth and early fifth centuries CE.
Konu
Orosius, Paulus. __ Historiarum adversus paganos libri VII.
HISTORY / General __ bisacsh
HISTORY / Ancient / General __ bisacsh
Rhetoric, Ancient.
Rome __ Historiography.
Rome __ Religion.
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