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The Barbarian Plain: Saint Sergius between Rome and Iran - Transformation of the Classical Heritage
Elizabeth Key Fowden
The Barbarian Plain: Saint Sergius between Rome and Iran - Transformation of the Classical Heritage
Elizabeth Key Fowden
Focusing on the socio-cultural as well as the political dimensions of the Sergius cult, this study sheds light on the lives of the ordinary faithful, as well as on religion's place in the strategic calculations of hostile empires. It discusses Arab Christianity in the context of late Roman culture in the East.
246 pages, 17 figures, including b/w photographs and line illustrations, 3 maps
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | November 30, 1999 |
ISBN13 | 9780520216853 |
Publishers | University of California Press |
Pages | 254 |
Dimensions | 166 × 236 × 23 mm · 522 g |
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