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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Ambrose of Milan"”.
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Virginity Discourse and Ascetic Politics in the Writings of Ambrose of Milan
<p>Ambrose, bishop of Milan, was one of the most outspoken advocates of Christian female virginity in the fourth century C.E. This dissertation examines his writings on virginity in the interest of illuminating the historical and social contexts of his teachings. Considering Ambrose's treatises on …
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The Metaphysics of Light in the Hexaemeral Literature: From Philo of Alexandria to Ambrose of Milan
This study investigates the concept of light in the early Jewish-Christian exegesis of the biblical creation narrative (Gen. 1, so-called ‘hexaemeron’). The study argues that the early hexaemeral exegetes theorised light from a dual perspective, both physical and metaphysical. The physical exegesis …
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Literary Activity and Ecclesiastical Authority in Medieval Iceland: The Old Norse Reception of St Ambrose of Milan and his Exemplary Role in Bishops’ Sagas
… the literary and socio-political impact of the Church’s struggle for *libertas ecclesiae* in the medieval Icelandic Church. I argue that hagiography –in the form of Saints’ sagas– constituted an instrument to promote Gregorian ideals of ecclesiastical independence against secular …
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Reading Reverence: Literate Practice in Ambrose of Milan's Expositio evangelii secundum Lucam
Ambrose of Milan has long been heralded as the political mind behind the dramatic change in power play between the Church and the imperial seat of Late Roman government. However, after years of producing text, championing the cause against pagan strongholds in Roman culture, and instructing the …
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Resurrecting the martyrs: the role of the Cult of the Saints, A.D. 370-430
… actively sought to reimagine the persecutions of the pre-Constantinian era by keeping the memory of the martyrs alive. The cult of martyrs became one tool for navigating present difficulties and establishing a source of legitimacy. As a valuable connection with the past, the cult of martyrs …
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The Religious world of Quintus Aurelius Symmachus
This thesis explores the last decades of legal paganism in the Roman Empire of the second half of the fourth century CE through the eyes of Symmachus, orator, senator and one of the most prominent of the pagans of this period living in Rome. It is a religious biography of Symmachus himself, but it …
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A community of preachers: The north Italian episcopacy, 397-451
This dissertation is a study of Christianity in northern Italy from the end of the fourth century to the middle of the fifth. It builds upon two important trends in recent scholarship on Late Antiquity. The first is the emphasis on the fragmentation of the Roman world along regional lines as the …