Constantine and the Bishops: The Politics of Intolerance Tapa dura - 1999

The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000. Hardcover with dust jacket. Slight wear on lower and outer edge of text. Dust jacket slightly worn on facing. Otherwise VG

Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999 xix, 609 pp with 9 B&W illustrations in text. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Magenta paper boards are lightly sunned along top edge. DJ is bright and intact.. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999-12-14. Hardcover. New. 1.6811 in x 8.7795 in x 8.7598 in. First edition, first printing This is a hardcover book with a dust jacket.

Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000 Hard cover. Very Good. Very good in very good dust jacket. Gift note on first page, else extremely clean. Binding is tight like new. Slightest hint of yellowing on dust jacket edges. Near new condition. 632 p. Ancient Society & History..

The Johns Hopkins University Press. Used - Very Good. 1999. Hardcover. Cloth, dj. Some scuffing and speckling to jacket spine. Crease in jacket along rear joint. Else fine. A sound copy with clean internals. Very Good. (Subject: Medieval & Renaissance).

Johns Hopkins Univ Press, 2000. Hard Cover.

New.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 609 p. Contains: Illustrations. Ancient Society and History. Audience: General/trade.
Religion

The Johns Hopkins University Press. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2000. Hardcover. 0801862183 . Dustjacket has minor shelfwear. ; Ancient Society and History; 1.68 x 8.76 x 8.78 Inches; 632 pages; Historians who viewed imperial Rome in terms of a conflict between pagans and Christians have often regarded the emperor Constantine's conversion as the triumph of Christianity over paganism. But in Constantine and the Bishops, historian H. A. Drake offers a fresh and more nuanced understanding of Constantine's rule and, especially, of his relations with Christians. Constantine, Drake suggests, was looking not only for a god in whom to believe but also a policy he could adopt. Uncovering the political motivations behind Constantine's policies, Drake shows how those policies were constructed to ensure the stability of the empire and fulfill Constantine's imperial duty in securing the favor of heaven. Despite the emperor's conversion to Christianity, Drake concludes, Rome… Leer más