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Author Brown, Peter, 1935- author.
Title Through the eye of a needle : wealth, the fall of Rome, and the making of Christianity in the West, 350-550 AD / Peter Brown.
Publication Info Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2012.


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Contents Chapter 1. Aurea aetas Wealth in an Age of Gold -- Chapter 2. Mediocritas The Social Profile of the Latin Church, 312-ca. 370 -- Chapter 3. Amor civicus Love of the city Wealth and Its Uses in an Ancient World -- Chapter 4. "Treasure in Heaven" Wealth in the Christian Church -- Chapter 5. Symmachus Being Noble in Fourth-Century Rome -- Chapter 6. Avidus civicae gratiae Greedy for the good favor of the city Symmachus and the People of Rome -- Chapter 7. Ambrose and His People -- Chapter 8. "Avarice, the Root of All Evil" Ambrose and Northern Italy -- Chapter 9. Augustine Spes saeculi Careerism, Patronage and Religious Bonding, 354-384 -- Chapter 10. From Milan to Hippo Augustine and the Making of a Religious Community, 384-396 -- Chapter 11. "The Life in Common of a kind of Divine and Heavenly Republic" Augustine on Public and Private in a Monastic Community -- Chapter 12. Ista vero saecularia Those things, indeed, of the world Ausonius, Villas, and the Language of Wealth -- Chapter 13. Ex opulentissimo divite From being rich as rich can be Paulinus of Nola and the Renunciation of Wealth, 389-395 -- Chapter 14. Commercium spiritale The spiritual Exchange Paulinus of Nola and the Poetry of Wealth, 395-408 -- Chapter 15. Propter magnificentiam urbis Romae By reason of the magnificence of the city of Rome The Roman Rich and their Clergy, from Constantine to Damasus, 312-384 -- Chapter 16. "To Sing the Lord's Song in a Strange Land" Jerome in Rome, 382-385 -- Chapter 17. Between Rome and Jerusalem Women, Patronage, and Learning, 385-412 -- Chapter 18. "The Eye of a Needle" and "The Treasure of the Soul" Renunciation, Nobility, and the Sack of Rome, 405-413 -- Chapter 19. Tolle divitem Take away the rich The Pelagian Criticism of Wealth -- Chapter 20. Augustine's Africa People and Church -- Chapter 21. "Dialogues with the Crowd" The Rich, the People, and the City in the Sermons of Augustine -- Chapter 22. Dimitte nobis debita nostra Forgive us our sins Augustine, Wealth, and Pelagianism, 411-417 -- Chapter 23. "Out of Africa" Wealth, Power and the Churches, 415-430 -- Chapter 24. "Still at that Time a More Affluent Empire" The Crisis of the West in the Fifth Century -- Chapter 25. Among the Saints Marseilles, Arles and Lérins, 400-440 -- Chapter 26. Romana respublica vel iam mortua With the empire now dead and gone Salvian and His Gaul, 420-450 -- Chapter 27. Ob Italiae securitatem For the security of Italy Rome and Italy, ca. 430-ca. 530 -- Chapter 28. Patrimonia pauperum Patrimonies of the poor Wealth and Conflict in the Churches of the Sixth Century -- Chapter 29. Servator fidei, patriaeque semper amator Guardian of the Faith, and always lover of [his] homeland Wealth and Piety in the Sixth Century.
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ISBN 9781400844531 (electronic bk.)
1400844533 (electronic bk.)
0691161771
9780691161778
069115290X
9780691152905
9780691161778
Standard no. 9786613860620
9781283548175
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Author Brown, Peter, 1935- author.
Subject Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
Wealth -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- History.
Rome -- History -- Empire, 284-476.
Descript 1 online resource (xxx, 759 pages, [16] pages of plates) : illustrations (some colour)
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Contents Chapter 1. Aurea aetas Wealth in an Age of Gold -- Chapter 2. Mediocritas The Social Profile of the Latin Church, 312-ca. 370 -- Chapter 3. Amor civicus Love of the city Wealth and Its Uses in an Ancient World -- Chapter 4. "Treasure in Heaven" Wealth in the Christian Church -- Chapter 5. Symmachus Being Noble in Fourth-Century Rome -- Chapter 6. Avidus civicae gratiae Greedy for the good favor of the city Symmachus and the People of Rome -- Chapter 7. Ambrose and His People -- Chapter 8. "Avarice, the Root of All Evil" Ambrose and Northern Italy -- Chapter 9. Augustine Spes saeculi Careerism, Patronage and Religious Bonding, 354-384 -- Chapter 10. From Milan to Hippo Augustine and the Making of a Religious Community, 384-396 -- Chapter 11. "The Life in Common of a kind of Divine and Heavenly Republic" Augustine on Public and Private in a Monastic Community -- Chapter 12. Ista vero saecularia Those things, indeed, of the world Ausonius, Villas, and the Language of Wealth -- Chapter 13. Ex opulentissimo divite From being rich as rich can be Paulinus of Nola and the Renunciation of Wealth, 389-395 -- Chapter 14. Commercium spiritale The spiritual Exchange Paulinus of Nola and the Poetry of Wealth, 395-408 -- Chapter 15. Propter magnificentiam urbis Romae By reason of the magnificence of the city of Rome The Roman Rich and their Clergy, from Constantine to Damasus, 312-384 -- Chapter 16. "To Sing the Lord's Song in a Strange Land" Jerome in Rome, 382-385 -- Chapter 17. Between Rome and Jerusalem Women, Patronage, and Learning, 385-412 -- Chapter 18. "The Eye of a Needle" and "The Treasure of the Soul" Renunciation, Nobility, and the Sack of Rome, 405-413 -- Chapter 19. Tolle divitem Take away the rich The Pelagian Criticism of Wealth -- Chapter 20. Augustine's Africa People and Church -- Chapter 21. "Dialogues with the Crowd" The Rich, the People, and the City in the Sermons of Augustine -- Chapter 22. Dimitte nobis debita nostra Forgive us our sins Augustine, Wealth, and Pelagianism, 411-417 -- Chapter 23. "Out of Africa" Wealth, Power and the Churches, 415-430 -- Chapter 24. "Still at that Time a More Affluent Empire" The Crisis of the West in the Fifth Century -- Chapter 25. Among the Saints Marseilles, Arles and Lérins, 400-440 -- Chapter 26. Romana respublica vel iam mortua With the empire now dead and gone Salvian and His Gaul, 420-450 -- Chapter 27. Ob Italiae securitatem For the security of Italy Rome and Italy, ca. 430-ca. 530 -- Chapter 28. Patrimonia pauperum Patrimonies of the poor Wealth and Conflict in the Churches of the Sixth Century -- Chapter 29. Servator fidei, patriaeque semper amator Guardian of the Faith, and always lover of [his] homeland Wealth and Piety in the Sixth Century.
Note Unlimited number of concurrent users. UkHlHU
ISBN 9781400844531 (electronic bk.)
1400844533 (electronic bk.)
0691161771
9780691161778
069115290X
9780691152905
9780691161778
Standard no. 9786613860620
9781283548175
Author Brown, Peter, 1935- author.
Subject Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
Wealth -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- History.
Rome -- History -- Empire, 284-476.

Subject Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
Wealth -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- History.
Rome -- History -- Empire, 284-476.
Descript 1 online resource (xxx, 759 pages, [16] pages of plates) : illustrations (some colour)
Content text txt
Media computer c
Carrier online resource cr
Contents Chapter 1. Aurea aetas Wealth in an Age of Gold -- Chapter 2. Mediocritas The Social Profile of the Latin Church, 312-ca. 370 -- Chapter 3. Amor civicus Love of the city Wealth and Its Uses in an Ancient World -- Chapter 4. "Treasure in Heaven" Wealth in the Christian Church -- Chapter 5. Symmachus Being Noble in Fourth-Century Rome -- Chapter 6. Avidus civicae gratiae Greedy for the good favor of the city Symmachus and the People of Rome -- Chapter 7. Ambrose and His People -- Chapter 8. "Avarice, the Root of All Evil" Ambrose and Northern Italy -- Chapter 9. Augustine Spes saeculi Careerism, Patronage and Religious Bonding, 354-384 -- Chapter 10. From Milan to Hippo Augustine and the Making of a Religious Community, 384-396 -- Chapter 11. "The Life in Common of a kind of Divine and Heavenly Republic" Augustine on Public and Private in a Monastic Community -- Chapter 12. Ista vero saecularia Those things, indeed, of the world Ausonius, Villas, and the Language of Wealth -- Chapter 13. Ex opulentissimo divite From being rich as rich can be Paulinus of Nola and the Renunciation of Wealth, 389-395 -- Chapter 14. Commercium spiritale The spiritual Exchange Paulinus of Nola and the Poetry of Wealth, 395-408 -- Chapter 15. Propter magnificentiam urbis Romae By reason of the magnificence of the city of Rome The Roman Rich and their Clergy, from Constantine to Damasus, 312-384 -- Chapter 16. "To Sing the Lord's Song in a Strange Land" Jerome in Rome, 382-385 -- Chapter 17. Between Rome and Jerusalem Women, Patronage, and Learning, 385-412 -- Chapter 18. "The Eye of a Needle" and "The Treasure of the Soul" Renunciation, Nobility, and the Sack of Rome, 405-413 -- Chapter 19. Tolle divitem Take away the rich The Pelagian Criticism of Wealth -- Chapter 20. Augustine's Africa People and Church -- Chapter 21. "Dialogues with the Crowd" The Rich, the People, and the City in the Sermons of Augustine -- Chapter 22. Dimitte nobis debita nostra Forgive us our sins Augustine, Wealth, and Pelagianism, 411-417 -- Chapter 23. "Out of Africa" Wealth, Power and the Churches, 415-430 -- Chapter 24. "Still at that Time a More Affluent Empire" The Crisis of the West in the Fifth Century -- Chapter 25. Among the Saints Marseilles, Arles and Lérins, 400-440 -- Chapter 26. Romana respublica vel iam mortua With the empire now dead and gone Salvian and His Gaul, 420-450 -- Chapter 27. Ob Italiae securitatem For the security of Italy Rome and Italy, ca. 430-ca. 530 -- Chapter 28. Patrimonia pauperum Patrimonies of the poor Wealth and Conflict in the Churches of the Sixth Century -- Chapter 29. Servator fidei, patriaeque semper amator Guardian of the Faith, and always lover of [his] homeland Wealth and Piety in the Sixth Century.
Note Unlimited number of concurrent users. UkHlHU
ISBN 9781400844531 (electronic bk.)
1400844533 (electronic bk.)
0691161771
9780691161778
069115290X
9780691152905
9780691161778
Standard no. 9786613860620
9781283548175
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