Pauline Allen, Bronwen Neil

Greek and Latin Letters in Late Antiquity

The Christianisation of a Literary Form

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Introduction to the nature, function, production and dissemination of Late Antique literary letters and their importance for their society.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: European Community
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. September 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 435g
• ISBN-13: 9781316510131
• ISBN-10: 1316510131
• Artikelnr.: 59259461

Autorenporträt

Pauline Allen is an honorary researcher at the University of Pretoria and the Sydney College of Divinity. Previously she was Professor of Biblical and Early Christian Studies at the Australian Catholic University and Foundation Director of its Centre for Early Christian Studies. Her publications include Sophronius of Jerusalem and Seventh-Century Heresy (2013) and, with Bronwen Neil, Crisis Management in Late Antiquity (410-590 CE) (2013) and Collecting Early Christian Letters (edited, Cambridge, 2015).

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction to Late Antique letters
2. The Christianisation of the Late Antique letter form
3. Preservation and transmission
4. Letter-types and their uses
5. Difficulties in spreading the word
6. Networks and communities of readers
Epilogue
Appendix 1. Timeline of ecclesiastical events
Appendix 2. Notable letter-writers in Late Antiquity.