Histoire Et Historiographie En Occident Aux IVe Et Ve Siecles

Histoire Et Historiographie En Occident Aux IVe Et Ve Siecles - Variorum Collected Studies Series;

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Three themes link the studies in this volume by Yves-Marie Duval. The first is how time was viewed in the Roman world of the 4thû5th centuries: did the history of the empire, or of the world, have an end, or was there a cyclical pattern to human life? The second theme is the manner in which history was then written; the ways in which Christian writers bent their sources to fit the thesis they were propounding. This is illustrated specifically by an examination of the changes in how the figure of Theodosius II was represented, by Rufinus of Aquilea, by Augustine, and by the poet Claudian. The background to all these studies is the turmoil of the Great Invasion. - - Trois thÞmes sont au centre des Útudes du professeur Yves-Marie Duval. Le premier a trait Ó la notion du temps dans le monde romain des 4Þ et 5Þ siÞcles: lÆhistoire de lÆempire ou celle du monde avaient-elles un terme, ou bien la vie humaine se dÚroulait-elle selon un cycle? Le second thÞme traite de la maniÞre dont lÆhistoire Útait Úcrite Ó lÆÚpoque; la faþon quÆavaient les auteurs chrÚtiens de plier leurs sources dÆinformation aux thÞses quÆils soumettaient, Ceci est tout particuliÞrement illustrÚ par un examen des diffÚrents remodelages du personnage de ThÚodose ler, selon quÆil Útait prÚsentÚ par Rufin dÆAquilÚe, Augustin ou par le poÞte Claudien. A la base de lÆensemble de ces Útudes se trouve le bouleversement de la civilisation romaine Ó lÆÚpoque des Grandes Invasions.

Book information

ISBN: 9780860786283
Publisher: Ashgate Variorum
Imprint: Variorum
Pub date:
DEWEY: 937.09
DEWEY edition: 21
Number of pages: 380
Weight: 680g
Height: 155mm
Width: 232mm
Spine width: 19mm