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The Origins of Roman Christian Diplomacy : Constantius II and John Chrysostom As Innovators
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Approaching Roman Christian diplomacy in context -- Challenges to understanding: "religion" -- Challenges to understanding: "secular" -- Challenges to understanding: church and stat...
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| Dokumenttyp: | Online-Ressource Buch |
| Sprache: | English |
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Milton
: Taylor & Francis Group
, 2021
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| E-Book-Pakete: | ProQuest Ebook Central : Classical Studies Collection |
| Zusammenfassung: | Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Approaching Roman Christian diplomacy in context -- Challenges to understanding: "religion" -- Challenges to understanding: "secular" -- Challenges to understanding: church and state -- Challenges to understanding: Constantine as symbol of Christian imperialism -- The case for Constantine's mission to the Goths -- Constantine's plan to Christianize Persia -- Other historiographical challenges -- Plan of the book -- 2 Mission to Himyar and Aksum in context -- Literary source one: Philostorgius narrates the story -- Excursus: the importance of the Indian Ocean trade route -- Literary source two: Rufinus on Christianization of Aksum -- Literary source three: Constantius's letters to Aksum and Alexandria -- Summary of literary sources -- The route: precedents -- Logistics and reconstructing the actual route -- Reconstruction of literary and logistical sources -- Perceptions of the Himyarites -- Perceptions of the Aksumites -- Perceptions of the Alexandrians -- Concluding perceptions of Constantius -- 3 Constantius's bishop management program -- Constantine's record on episcopal banishment -- Constantius forced to innovate by circumstances: Bishop Paul in Constantinople -- A first politically successful exile: Paulinus of Trier -- A western purge: Dionysius of Milan, Eusebius of Vercelli, and Lucifer of Cagliari -- New approaches to eliminating political enemies: Liberius of Rome, Hilary of Poitiers, Hosius of Corduba -- The staged deposition of Athanasius -- Non-Nicene episcopal exiles: Eudoxius, Basil, and Eustathius -- 4 Constantius's bureaucracy abroad -- Constantius's addressee Strategius Musonianus -- Constantius creates a network of agents in the 350s -- Speculation on the missions of these agents traveling to the Red Sea. Chronological and textual problems in CTh 12.12.2 -- Aims and perceived dangers inherent in the act of promulgating the edict -- Christian mission in Constantius's Red Sea policy -- 5 John Chrysostom's mission to Gothia -- Why so cosmopolitan? Exotic ethnic lists as guides to action -- Eudoxia as patroness -- 6 Marouta of Maiferqat and the mission to Persia -- Chrysostom and Marouta -- Sasanian innovation in religious policy -- Why was John Chrysostom the first bishop to plan a mission to Persia? -- Syriac-speaking Christianity and Antioch's exceptionalism -- Influence of Marouta and Sasanian policy on John? -- Some concluding ruminations on John's ecclesiastic diplomacy -- 7 John's attention to evolving collective religious identities -- 8 First steps toward a new Christian diplomacy -- Case studies -- Criterion one: potential for success -- Criterion two: personnel choices -- Criterion three: linguistic ability -- Criterion four: cultural literacy -- Criterion five: source of origination -- Criterion six: logistical complexity -- Criterion seven: religion -- Conclusions -- 9 Byzantine trajectories -- Changing diplomatic world: Vandal North Africa -- Justinian's diplomacy in the Red Sea theater -- Justinian and the Black Sea theater -- Justinian's mission to Nubia -- The conversion of Rus' -- Index. |
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| Beschreibung: | 1 Online-Ressource (217 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9781315415000 |
