The shadows of poetry : Vergil in the mind of Augustine /
Imperial ceremony was a vital form of self-expression for late antique society. Sabine MacCormack examines the ceremonies of imperial arrivals, funerals, and coronations from the late third to the late sixth centuries A.D., as manifest in the official literature and art of the time. Her study offers...
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Berkeley :
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| Cyfres: | Transformation of the classical heritage ;
26. |
| Mynediad Ar-lein: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=9228 |
| Crynodeb: | Imperial ceremony was a vital form of self-expression for late antique society. Sabine MacCormack examines the ceremonies of imperial arrivals, funerals, and coronations from the late third to the late sixth centuries A.D., as manifest in the official literature and art of the time. Her study offers us new insights into the exercise of power and into the social, political, and cultural significance of religious change during the Christianization of the Roman w. |
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| Disgrifiad o'r Eitem: | Earlier versions of three chapters were presented as a Christian Gauss Seminar in Criticism, Princeton University, winter of 1994. |
| Disgrifiad Corfforoll: | 1 online resource (xx, 258 pages) : illustrations |
| Llyfryddiaeth: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-250) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9780520920279 0520920279 0585087105 9780585087108 9780520211872 0520211871 |