Reading the Middle Ages. ., From c. 300 to c. 1150.

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READING
THE
MIDDLE AGES
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READING
THE
MIDDLE AGES
SOURCES FROM
EUROPE, BYZANTIUM, AND
THE ISLAMIC WORLD
EDITED BY BARBARA H. ROSENWEIN • THIRD EDITION
volume i: from c.300 to c.1150
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For Frank and Amy
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Yet research continues, and it continues to be fruitful, because histo-
rians are not passive instruments, and because they read the same old
documents with fresh eyes and with new questions in mind.
Georges Duby, History Continues
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Contents
Reading through Looking xiv
Preface xv
Abbreviations and Symbols xvii
Authorized Version of the Bible xix
i prelude: the roman world transformed (c.300–c.600)
A Christianized Empire
1.1 Toleration or favoritism? The Edict of Milan (313) 1
1.2 Law: The Theodosian Code (438) 4
1.3 Plague: Gregory the Great, Letter to Bishop Dominic of Carthage (600) 6
Heresy and Orthodoxy
1.4 Heretics: Manichaean Texts (before 350?) 8
1.5 Orthodoxy’s declaration: The Nicene Creed (325) 11
Patristic Thought
1.6 Conversion: Augustine, Confessions (397–401) 12
1.7 Relating this world to the next: Augustine, The City of God (413–426) 16
1.8 Monasticism: The Benedictine Rule (c.530–c.560) 20
Saintly Models
1.9 The virginal life: Jerome, Letter 24 (To Marcella) (384) 28
1.10 The eremitical life: Athanasius, The Life of St. Antony of Egypt (357) 30
1.11 The active life: Sulpicius Severus, The Life of St. Martin of Tours (397) 35
1.12 The cult of saints: Gregory of Tours, The Life of Monegundis (580s) 38
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