OROSIUS

At Fear

ISBN 10: 1846314739 / ISBN 13: 9781846314735

Published by LIVERPOOL UNIV PR, 2010

About this Item

Neuware - Orosius'' Seven Books of History against the Pagans' provide a Christian interpretation of history from God's creation of the world to the period of the Gothic attacks on the Roman Empire in the early fifth century. By the end of that century, Orosius' work was already a classic and its Christian perspective ensured that it remained an immensely popular and standard work of reference on antiquity in the medieval world. Available now in English translation for the first time since 1936, this key work of historical and geographical reference in the medieval world will delight scholars of early Christianity and pagan history.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: OROSIUS
• Publisher: LIVERPOOL UNIV PR
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1846314739
• ISBN 13: 9781846314735
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 208W x 152H x 30D millimeters 208 millimeters width by 152 millimeters height by 30 millimeters depth
• Weight: 699 grams

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Synopsis

This book is a new annotated translation of Orosius’s Seven Books of History against the Pagans. Orosius’s History, which begins with the creation and continues to his own day, was an immensely popular and standard work of reference on antiquity throughout the Middle Ages and beyond. Its importance lay in the fact that Orosius was the first Christian author to write not a church history, but rather a history of the secular world interpreted from a Christian perspective. This approach gave new relevance to Roman history in the medieval period and allowed Rome’s past to become a valued part of the medieval intellectual world.

The structure of history and methodology deployed by Orosius formed the dominant template for the writing of history in the medieval period, being followed, for example, by such writers as Otto of Freising and Ranulph Higden. Orosius’s work is therefore crucial for an understanding of early Christian approaches to history, the development of universal history, and the intellectual life of the Middle Ages, for which it was both an important reference work and also a defining model for the writing of history.

About the Author

Andrew Fear is a lecturer in classics at the University of Manchester.