The ‘Lost Arian History’ in Late Antique and Medieval Historiography
This book explores the writing of church history during the early Byzantine period, reconsidering the evidence for the nature and authorship of a hypothetical 'Arian' source for many surviving medieval histories of the fourth century. It considers surviving ecclesiastical histories written...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Palgrave Macmillan
2024, 2024
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2024 |
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Bidez’s Sources Revisited
- 3. The Early Ecclesiastical Historians
- 4. The Ecclesiastical Histories of Socrates and Sozomen
- 5. The Ecclesiastical History of Theodoret
- 6. Consideration of Other Sources, From Ammianus To Zonaras
- 7. Towards a New Reconstruction
- 8. Conclusion
- Appendix 1. An Analysis of Bidez’s Reconstruction
- Appendix 2. Two Reconstructions