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The Early Modern Invention of Late Antique Rome

Denzey Lewis, Nicola

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2020

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  • Título:
    The Early Modern Invention of Late Antique Rome
  • Autor: Denzey Lewis, Nicola
  • Descrição: In The Early Modern Invention of Late Antique Rome, Nicola Denzey Lewis challenges the common understanding of late antique Christianity as dominated by the Cult of Saints. Popularized by historian Peter Brown, the Cult of the Saints presupposes that a 'corporeal turn' in the 4th century CE initiated a new sense of the body (even the corpse or bone) as holy. Denzey Lewis argues that although present elsewhere in the late Roman Empire, no such 'corporeal turn' happened in Rome until the early modern period. The prevailing assumption that it did was fostered by the apologetic concerns of early modern Catholic scholars, as well as contemporary attitudes towards death, antiquity, and the survival of the Church against secularism. Denzey Lewis delves deeply into the world of Roman late antique Christianity, exploring how and why it differed from the set of practices and beliefs we have come to think flourished in this crucial age of Christianization.
  • Editor: Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
  • Data de criação/publicação: 2020
  • Formato: 446
  • Idioma: Inglês

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