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ambrose
Author_Neil B. McLynn
auxentius
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bishop of milan
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christian pliny
church doctrine
church history
church leaders
church politics
constantius
council of 355
council of aquileia
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de spiritu sancto
easter crisis 386
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Product details
- ISBN 9780520283886
- Weight: 680g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 26 Jun 2014
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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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.
Neil McLynn is University Lecturer and Fellow in Later Roman History at Corpus Christi College, Oxford University.
