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Constantinople : ritual, violence, and memory in the making of a Christian imperial capital /
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001	$ 446011
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008	$ 200528s2020 cau u001 u eng d
020	$a9780520304550$q(hardback)
100	$aFalcasantos, Rebecca Stephens,$d1980-$eautore
245	$aConstantinople :$britual, violence, and memory in the making of a Christian imperial capital /$cRebecca Stephens Falcasantos.$hLibro
264	$aOakland, California :$bUniversity of California Press,$c[2020]
264	$c©2020
300	$axii, 221 pagine ;$c24 cm
490	$aChristianity in late antiquity ;$v9
490	$aThe Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature
504	$aBibliografia: pagine 191-214
505	$aReligion in late antiquity -- The founding of a city -- Violence and the politics of memory -- Cult practice as a technology of social construction -- Imperial piety and the writing of Christian history -- Conclusion : the making of a Christian city
520	$a"As Christian spaces and agents assumed prominent positions in civic life, the end of the long span of the fourth century was marked by large-scale religious change. Churches had overtaken once-thriving pagan temples, old civic priesthoods were replaced by prominent bishops, and the rituals of the city were directed toward the Christian God. Such changes were particularly pronounced in the newly established city of Constantinople, where elites from various groups contended to control civic and imperial religion. Rebecca Stephens Falcasantos argues that imperial Christianity was in fact a manifestation of traditional Roman religious structures. In particular, she explores how deeply established habits of ritual engagement in shared social spaces-ones that resonated with imperial ideology and appealed to the memories of previous generations-constructed meaning to create a new imperial religious identity. By examining three dynamics-ritual performance, rhetoric around violence, and the preservation and curation of civic memory-she distinguishes the role of Christian practice in transforming the civic and cultic landscapes of the late antique polis"$cSito dell'editore
650	$aCristianesimo e altre religioni$xRomani$xAspetti politici
650	$aCristianesimo e cultura$xChiesa primitiva
651	$aCostantinopoli$xStoria$yFino al 1453$xAspetti religiosi
830	$aChristianity in late antiquity ;$v9
830	$aThe Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature
852	$m1-C-1013(9)$xS