Constantine and the Bishops: The Politics of Intolerance

by H.A. Drake

Book Overview

Historians who viewed imperial Rome in terms of a conflict between pagans and Christians have often regarded the emperor Constantine's conversion as the triumph of Christianity over paganism. But in Constantine and the Bishops, historian H. A. Drake offers a fresh and more nuanced understanding of Constantine's rule and, especially, of his relations with Christians.

Constantine, Drake suggests, was looking not only for a god in whom...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801871042
• ISBN13: 9780801871047
• Release Date: September 2002
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 632 Pages
• Weight: 1.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.3" x 8.5"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher