Prudentius, Spain, and Late Antique Christianity

Prudentius, Spain, and Late Antique Christianity

Poetry, Visual Culture, and the Cult of Martyrs

Hershkowitz, Paula

Cambridge University Press

01/2017

266

Dura

Inglês

9781107149601

15 a 20 dias

This book sets Prudentius' martyr poetry within the religious, social, and visual contexts of late antique Spain. This original approach utilises the fields of history, archaeology, classical literature and art history, and the book is important for academics and more advanced students within these disciplines.
1. An introduction to Prudentius: a Spanish poet for the martyrs; 2. Prudentius' audience: society and religious belief in late antique Hispania; 3. The Peristephanon and the martyr cults in Roman Spain; 4. Visual culture and martyrs: Prudentius, painter of pictures in words; 5. Prudentius' poetry in the context of the late antique culture of Hispania; 6. An epilogue for a Christian poet.
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