Ambrose of Milan : church and court in a Christian capital / Neil McLynn.

By:

McLynn, Neil B. (Neil Brendan), 1960-

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Transformation of the classical heritage ; 22.Publisher: Berkeley : University of California Press, �1994Description: 1 online resource (xxiv, 406 pages)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780520914551
0520914554
0585139784
9780585139784
0520084616
9780520084612

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Ambrose of Milan.DDC classification:

270.2/092 B 20

LOC classification:

BR1720.A5 M37 1994eb

Other classification:

11.51
11.51.

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Contents:

The reluctant bishop -- Consolidation -- Ambrose and Gratian -- Persecution -- Ambrose's people, I: master of ceremonies -- Ambrose's people, II: friends and influence -- Ambrose and Theodosius -- Sanctity.

Summary: In this new and illuminating interpretation of Ambrose, bishop of Milan from 374 to 397, Neil McLynn thoroughly sifts the evidence surrounding this very difficult personality. The result is a richly detailed interpretation of Ambrose's actions and writings that penetrates the bishop's painstaking presentation of self. McLynn succeeds in revealing Ambrose's manipulation of events without making him too Machiavellian. Having synthesized the vast complex of scholarship available on the late fourth century, McLynn also presents an impressive study of the politics and history of the Christian church and the Roman Empire in that period. Admirably and logically organized, the book traces the chronology of Ambrose's public activity and reconstructs important events in the fourth century. McLynn's zesty, lucid prose gives the reader a clear understanding of the complexities of Ambrose's life and career and of late Roman government.

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In this new and illuminating interpretation of Ambrose, bishop of Milan from 374 to 397, Neil McLynn thoroughly sifts the evidence surrounding this very difficult personality. The result is a richly detailed interpretation of Ambrose's actions and writings that penetrates the bishop's painstaking presentation of self. McLynn succeeds in revealing Ambrose's manipulation of events without making him too Machiavellian. Having synthesized the vast complex of scholarship available on the late fourth century, McLynn also presents an impressive study of the politics and history of the Christian church and the Roman Empire in that period. Admirably and logically organized, the book traces the chronology of Ambrose's public activity and reconstructs important events in the fourth century. McLynn's zesty, lucid prose gives the reader a clear understanding of the complexities of Ambrose's life and career and of late Roman government.

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