The Resource The final pagan generation, Edward J. Watts
The final pagan generation, Edward J. Watts
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The item The final pagan generation, Edward J. Watts represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri-St. Louis Libraries.
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- Summary
- "The Final Pagan Generation recounts the fascinating story of the lives and fortunes of the last Romans born before the Emperor Constantine converted to Christianity. Edward J. Watts traces their experiences of living through the fourth century's dramatic religious and political changes, when heated confrontations saw the Christian establishment legislate against pagan practices as mobs attacked pagan holy sites and temples. The emperors who issued these laws, the imperial officials charged with implementing them, and the Christian perpetrators of religious violence were almost exclusively young men whose attitudes and actions contrasted markedly with those of the earlier generation, who shared neither their juniors' interest in creating sharply defined religious identities nor their propensity toward violent conflict. Watts examines why the 'final pagan generation'-born to the old ways and the old world in which it seemed to everyone that religious practices would continue as they had for the last two thousand years--proved both unable to anticipate the changes that imperially sponsored Christianity produced and unwilling to resist them. A compelling and provocative read, suitable for the general reader as well as students and scholars of the ancient world"--Provided by publisher
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (922 pages)
- Contents
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- Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Growing Up in the Cities of the Gods; 2. Education in an Age of Imagination; 3. The System; 4. Moving Up in an Age of Uncertainty; 5. The Apogee; 6. The New Pannonian Order; 7. Christian Youth Culture in the 360s and 370s; 8. Bishops, Bureaucrats, and Aristocrats under Gratian, Valentinian II, and Theodosius; 9. Old Age in a Young Man's Empire; 10. A Generation's Legacy; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Isbn
- 9780520959491
- Label
- The final pagan generation
- Title
- The final pagan generation
- Statement of responsibility
- Edward J. Watts
- Subject
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- Christianity
- Christianity and other religions -- Rome
- Electronic books
- Interfaith relations
- Paganism
- Paganism -- Rome
- RELIGION -- Ancient
- RELIGION -- Antiquities & Archaeology
- RELIGION -- Christian Church | History
- RELIGION -- Christianity | History
- Religion
- Rome (Empire)
- Rome -- Religion
- BODY, MIND & SPIRIT -- Spirituality | Paganism & Neo-Paganism
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "The Final Pagan Generation recounts the fascinating story of the lives and fortunes of the last Romans born before the Emperor Constantine converted to Christianity. Edward J. Watts traces their experiences of living through the fourth century's dramatic religious and political changes, when heated confrontations saw the Christian establishment legislate against pagan practices as mobs attacked pagan holy sites and temples. The emperors who issued these laws, the imperial officials charged with implementing them, and the Christian perpetrators of religious violence were almost exclusively young men whose attitudes and actions contrasted markedly with those of the earlier generation, who shared neither their juniors' interest in creating sharply defined religious identities nor their propensity toward violent conflict. Watts examines why the 'final pagan generation'-born to the old ways and the old world in which it seemed to everyone that religious practices would continue as they had for the last two thousand years--proved both unable to anticipate the changes that imperially sponsored Christianity produced and unwilling to resist them. A compelling and provocative read, suitable for the general reader as well as students and scholars of the ancient world"--Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- EBLCP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1975-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Watts, Edward Jay
- Dewey number
- 292.07
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- BL432
- LC item number
- .W38 2015
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Transformation of the Classical Heritage
- Series volume
- v. 53
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Paganism
- Christianity and other religions
- Rome
- RELIGION
- RELIGION
- BODY, MIND & SPIRIT
- RELIGION
- RELIGION
- Religion
- Christianity
- Interfaith relations
- Paganism
- Rome (Empire)
- Label
- The final pagan generation, Edward J. Watts
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Growing Up in the Cities of the Gods; 2. Education in an Age of Imagination; 3. The System; 4. Moving Up in an Age of Uncertainty; 5. The Apogee; 6. The New Pannonian Order; 7. Christian Youth Culture in the 360s and 370s; 8. Bishops, Bureaucrats, and Aristocrats under Gratian, Valentinian II, and Theodosius; 9. Old Age in a Young Man's Empire; 10. A Generation's Legacy; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Control code
- 897069576
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (922 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780520959491
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
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- 20b0fbbe-abae-45d8-9865-88cb204091f2
- 22573/ctt1330nb0
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)897069576
- Label
- The final pagan generation, Edward J. Watts
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Growing Up in the Cities of the Gods; 2. Education in an Age of Imagination; 3. The System; 4. Moving Up in an Age of Uncertainty; 5. The Apogee; 6. The New Pannonian Order; 7. Christian Youth Culture in the 360s and 370s; 8. Bishops, Bureaucrats, and Aristocrats under Gratian, Valentinian II, and Theodosius; 9. Old Age in a Young Man's Empire; 10. A Generation's Legacy; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Control code
- 897069576
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (922 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780520959491
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
-
- 20b0fbbe-abae-45d8-9865-88cb204091f2
- 22573/ctt1330nb0
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)897069576
Subject
- Christianity
- Christianity and other religions -- Rome
- Electronic books
- Interfaith relations
- Paganism
- Paganism -- Rome
- RELIGION -- Ancient
- RELIGION -- Antiquities & Archaeology
- RELIGION -- Christian Church | History
- RELIGION -- Christianity | History
- Religion
- Rome (Empire)
- Rome -- Religion
- BODY, MIND & SPIRIT -- Spirituality | Paganism & Neo-Paganism
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