Ecclesiastical History of Evagrius Scholasticus (Volume 33) (Liverpool University Press - Translated Texts for Historians) - Softcover

Evagrius Scholasticus

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0853236054 ISBN 13: 9780853236054

Publisher: Liverpool University Press, 2001

Synopsis

The Ecclesiastical History of Evagrius narrates the history of the church from the start of the Nestorian controversy in 428 until the death of Evagrius' employer, Patriarch Gregory of Antioch Gregory in 592. It is our best continuous account of these ecclesiastical events and provides an important narrative of disputes within the church in the fifth century, which includes substantial quotations from relevant contemporary documents, some of them unique.

About this title

About the Author:

Michael Whitby studied Classics at Corpus Christi College, Oxford. After several years at St Andrews, where he became Professor of Ancient History, he was appointed Professor of Classics and Ancient History at Warwick University in 1995. He is co-editor of Classical Review, Cambridge Ancient
History XIV, and the forthcoming Cambridge History of Ancient Warfare. His publications include Theophylact Simocatta (OUP); The Emperor Maurice and his Historian (OUP); and Evagrius Scholasticus (LUP).

Review:

This book will be an indispensable tool for anyone interested in late antiquity and is to be highly commended for its thorough and lucid scholarship. Journal of Religious History

About this edition

• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0853236054
• ISBN 13: 9780853236054
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352