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Caesarius of Arles
Caesarius Of Arles
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Paperback. The texts in this volume - most translated into English for the first time - illustrate the career of Caesarius of Arles (Bishop of Arles from 502-542) and the social and religious history of Provence at a time of far-reaching political change, during which the region was ruled by a series of Visigothic, Burgundian, Ostrogothic and Frankish kings. Series: Translated Texts for Historians. Num Pages: 176 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLA; HBLC; HRCC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 147 x 12. Weight in Grams: 257.
Caesarius was born in 469/70 and served as Bishop of Arles from 502 until his death in 542. Originally trained as a monk at Lérins, he devoted himself as Bishop to an ambitious programme of church reform and Christianization inspired by strict monastic standards of piety. Best known as a preacher, with a corpus of over 250 sermons, Caesarius also founded a monastery whose rule he composed and presided over several important church councils whose canons still survive. The documents included in this volume – most never before translated into English – vividly illustrate Caesarius’s career and the social and ... Read more
Caesarius was born in 469/70 and served as Bishop of Arles from 502 until his death in 542. Originally trained as a monk at Lérins, he devoted himself as Bishop to an ambitious programme of church reform and Christianization inspired by strict monastic standards of piety. Best known as a preacher, with a corpus of over 250 sermons, Caesarius also founded a monastery whose rule he composed and presided over several important church councils whose canons still survive. The documents included in this volume – most never before translated into English – vividly illustrate Caesarius’s career and the social and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
Series
Translated Texts for Historians
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
Liverpool, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780853233688
SKU
V9780853233688
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About Caesarius Of Arles
William E. Klingshirn is Associate Professor and Chairman of Greek and Latin at The Catholic University of America, where he teaches ancient history, late Roman history and Latin patristics. He is the author of numerous articles and 'Caesarius of Arles: The Making of a Community in Late Antique Gaul' (Cambridge, 1994).
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