Political Memory and the Constantinian Dynasty

Fashioning Disgrace
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-3-030-87932-7
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 350 Seiten, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 476 g

Reihe: New Approaches to Byzantine History and Culture

This book is an exploration of political memory and disgrace in the reigns of Constantine and his sons. It uses the conditions of the early to mid-fourth century to argue that the deconstruction of political legitimacy should be viewed, first and foremost, as a collective phenomenon, the result of the actions of a diverse range of people responding to political change. It also challenges many positivist and teleological narratives of the ‘Age of Constantine’. Shifting the focus from the emperor and his sons onto their rivals and opponents, the Constantinian dynasty is placed back into the messy and ambiguous political environment from which it emerged.                                                             

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Usherwood, Rebecca

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Literaturwissenschaft
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Geschichtspolitik, Erinnerungskultur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction.- 1. Maximian.- 2. Licinius.- 3. Crispus.- 4. Magnentius.- 5. Epilogue.- 6. Appendices.

Über Autor(innen)

Rebecca Usherwood is Assistant Professor in Late Antique and Early Byzantine Studies at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. She has previously held teaching posts at the University of St Andrews, Durham University, the University of Nottingham, and UCL.