The Variae (eBook)

The Complete Translation

Cassiodorus (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2019
530 Seiten
University of California Press (Verlag)
9780520969735 (ISBN)

Infos

Cassiodorus—famed throughout history as one of the great Christian exegetes of antiquity—spent most of his life as a high-ranking public official under the Ostrogothic King Theoderic and his heirs. He produced the Variae, a unique letter collection that gave witness to the sixth-century Mediterranean, as late antiquity gave way to the early middle ages. The Variae represents thirty years of Cassiodorus’s work in civil, legal, and financial administration, revealing his interactions with emperors and kings, bishops and military commanders, private citizens, and even criminals. Thus, the Variae remains among the most important sources for the history of this pivotal period and is an indispensable resource for understanding political and diplomatic culture, economic and legal structure, intellectual heritage, urban landscapes, religious worldview, and the evolution of social relations at all levels of society during the twilight of the late-Roman state. This is the first full translation of this masterwork into English.
 

Inhalt

Introduction
Italy in the Sixth Century
Cassiodorus as Statesman and Author
The Variae as an Epistolary Collection
Nachleben
The Variae in Translation
Chronology of Key Events
Indictional Years Relative to Cassiodorus’s Tenure in Public Offices

Maps

THE VARIAE
Book 1
Book 2
Book 3
Book 4
Book 5
Book 6
Book 7
Book 8
Book 9
Book 10
Book 11
Book 12

Bibliography of Related Reading
Index of Individuals
Index of Concepts, Peoples, and Terms
Index of Places

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.10.2019
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Weitere Religionen
• Schlagworte: Bishops • Cassiodorus • Christian • civil • criminals • Diplomatic Culture • Economic Structure • Emperors • exegetes of antiquity • financial administration • Heirs • high ranking public official • intellectual heritage • Kings • king theoderic • late roman state • legal • legal structure • Letter collection • Mediterranean • military commanders • ostrogothic • Political culture • private citizens • Religion • sixth century • Social relations • Urban landscapes • Variae
• ISBN-13: 9780520969735 / 9780520969735