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"1,700 years ago, the Roman emperors Constantine and Licinius granted religious freedom--even and particularly for Christianity. The religious policy of Constantine is often associated with the modern ideal of tolerance. This book inquires into the contours and shape of this modern concept as well as its meaning and scope in Late Antiquity. The history of research and reception of Constantine is also investigated"--Provided by publisher.
Religion and state --- Religious tolerance --- Freedom of religion --- Church history --- Religion et Etat --- Tolérance religieuse --- Liberté religieuse --- Eglise --- History. --- Histoire --- Constantine --- Religion. --- Political and social views. --- Edict of Milan. --- Freedom of religion. --- Religion and state. --- Religious tolerance. --- Primitive and early church. --- 30-600. --- Rome (Empire). --- History --- Tolérance religieuse --- Liberté religieuse --- Tolerance, Religious --- Toleration --- State and religion --- State, The --- Religious aspects --- Constantijn, --- Constantin, --- Constantin --- Constantine, --- Constantino --- Constantinus Flavius Valerius Aurelius, --- Constantinus --- Constantinus, --- Costantino --- Costantino, --- Flaviĭ Valeriĭ Avreliĭ Konstantin, --- Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus Augustus, --- Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus, --- Flavius Valerius Constantinus, --- Konstantin, --- Konstantin --- Kōnstantinos, --- Kōnstantinos --- Konstantyn, --- Kostandianos --- Κωνσταντίνος, --- Флавий Валерий Аврелий Константин, --- Константин --- Константин, --- Flavije Valerije Konstantin --- Milanskīĭ ėdikt --- Edictum Mediolani --- Edikton Mediolanōn --- Editto di Milano --- Milanski edikt --- Constantine. --- Late Antiquity. --- toleration.
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Over the course of the fourth century, Christianity rose from a religion actively persecuted by the authority of the Roman empire to become the religion of state—a feat largely credited to Constantine the Great. Constantine succeeded in propelling this minority religion to imperial status using the traditional tools of governance, yet his proclamation of his new religious orientation was by no means unambiguous. His coins and inscriptions, public monuments, and pronouncements sent unmistakable signals to his non-Christian subjects that he was willing not only to accept their beliefs about the nature of the divine but also to incorporate traditional forms of religious expression into his own self-presentation. In Constantine and the Cities, Noel Lenski attempts to reconcile these apparent contradictions by examining the dialogic nature of Constantine's power and how his rule was built in the space between his ambitions for the empire and his subjects' efforts to further their own understandings of religious truth. Focusing on cities and the texts and images produced by their citizens for and about the emperor, Constantine and the Cities uncovers the interplay of signals between ruler and subject, mapping out the terrain within which Constantine nudged his subjects in the direction of conversion. Reading inscriptions, coins, legal texts, letters, orations, and histories, Lenski demonstrates how Constantine and his subjects used the instruments of government in a struggle for authority over the religion of the empire.
Power (Social sciences) --- Social change --- Christianity and politics --- Christianity --- Church and politics --- Politics and Christianity --- Politics and the church --- Political science --- Change, Social --- Cultural change --- Cultural transformation --- Societal change --- Socio-cultural change --- Social history --- Social evolution --- Empowerment (Social sciences) --- Political power --- Exchange theory (Sociology) --- Social sciences --- Sociology --- Consensus (Social sciences) --- History. --- Political aspects --- Constantine --- Constantijn, --- Constantin, --- Constantin --- Constantine, --- Constantino --- Constantinus Flavius Valerius Aurelius, --- Constantinus --- Constantinus, --- Costantino --- Costantino, --- Flaviĭ Valeriĭ Avreliĭ Konstantin, --- Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus Augustus, --- Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus, --- Flavius Valerius Constantinus, --- Konstantin, --- Konstantin --- Kōnstantinos, --- Kōnstantinos --- Konstantyn, --- Kostandianos --- Κωνσταντίνος, --- Флавий Валерий Аврелий Константин, --- Константин --- Константин, --- Influence. --- Rome --- History --- Politics and government --- Religion. --- Pouvoir (Sciences sociales) --- Changement social --- Christianisme et politique --- Histoire --- Politique et gouvernement --- Religion --- Flavije Valerije Konstantin --- Ancient Studies. --- Classics.
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It is widely believed that the Emperor Constantine's conversion to Christianity politicized religious allegiances, dividing the Christian Roman Empire from the Zoroastrian Sasanian Empire and leading to the persecution of Christians in Persia. This account, however, is based on Greek ecclesiastical histories and Syriac martyrdom narratives that date to centuries after the fact. In this groundbreaking study, Kyle Smith analyzes diverse Greek, Latin, and Syriac sources to show that there was not a single history of fourth-century Mesopotamia. By examining the conflicting hagiographical and historical evidence, Constantine and the Captive Christians of Persia presents an evocative and evolving portrait of the first Christian emperor, uncovering how Syriac Christians manipulated the image of their western Christian counterparts to fashion their own political and religious identities during this century of radical change.
Syriac Christians --- Church history --- Chrétiens syriaques --- Eglise --- History --- Histoire --- Constantine --- Iraq --- Iran --- Irak --- 27 <394> --- Apostolic Church --- Christianity --- Church, Apostolic --- Early Christianity --- Early church --- Primitive and early church --- Primitive Christianity --- Fathers of the church --- Great Apostasy (Mormon doctrine) --- Syrian Christians --- Christians --- Kerkgeschiedenis--Syrië --- Constantijn, --- Constantin, --- Constantin --- Constantine, --- Constantino --- Constantinus Flavius Valerius Aurelius, --- Constantinus --- Constantinus, --- Costantino --- Costantino, --- Flaviĭ Valeriĭ Avreliĭ Konstantin, --- Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus Augustus, --- Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus, --- Flavius Valerius Constantinus, --- Konstantin, --- Konstantin --- Kōnstantinos, --- Kōnstantinos --- Konstantyn, --- Kostandianos --- Κωνσταντίνος, --- Флавий Валерий Аврелий Константин, --- Константин --- Константин, --- Syriac Christians. --- Primitive and early church. --- To 1500. --- Iran. --- Iraq. --- Chrétiens syriaques --- Flavije Valerije Konstantin --- Church history - Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 --- Syriac Christians - History - To 1500 - Sources --- Syriac Christians - Iran - History - To 1500 --- Syriac Christians - Iraq - History - To 1500 --- Christianisme --- Symeon Bar-Sabba'e, m. --- Martyres Persae --- Sapor II, roi de Perse --- Sassanides --- Constantin empereur --- Iran - History - To 640 --- Iraq - History - To 634 --- 4th century mesopotamia. --- byzantine. --- christian converts. --- christian roman empire. --- constantine. --- conversion to christianity. --- eastern christians. --- ecclesiastical histories. --- first christian emperor. --- hagiography. --- history of constantine. --- history of persia. --- middle eastern christianity. --- persecution of christians in persia. --- persia. --- roman empire. --- sasanian empire. --- syriac christianity. --- syriac christians. --- zoroastrian sasanian empire.
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