Author: Marc Antoine BaylePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 380
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The Pearl of Antioch
Author: Marc Antoine BayleThe Pearl of Antioch
Author: Abbe BaylePublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3368126873
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 365
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1871.
The Pearl of Antioch
Author: Marc Antoine BayleThe Pearl of Antioch; a Picture of the East at the End of the Fourth Century
Author: Marc Antoine BaylePublisher: Theclassics.Us
ISBN: 9781230376066
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1871 edition. Excerpt: ... treasures of justice, and that what served to procure pleasures for her, may now relieve the sorrows of those who suffer." The treasurer pledged himself to appropriate the money as Nonnus commanded. The holy bishop added: ' If you violate this oath, if, of yourself or by the instrumentality of another, you withdraw any portion of this, may you be anathema; may you have part with those who demanded the death of the Saviour." That same day Pelagia assembled her slaves. "Hitherto," she said to them, "I have been your mistress; to-day, I am your servant in Jesus Christ. If I have ill-treated you, if I have spoken harshly to you, if I have given you an example of pride and sensuality, pardon me now, that I may obtain pardon from God." The slaves wept. "You have always been kind to us," they said, "and we would be ungrateful were we to complain. We should ask pardon of you for not having served you better." Andronicus, choked by emotion, could not utter a word, but from the depths of his heart his prayer of thanksgiving ascended to heaven: "Now, O Lord, let Thy servant depart in peace." "From this moment," continued Pelagia, "you arc free. God, in His infinite mercy, has liberated me from the yoke of sin; it is just that I should liberate you from the yoke of slavery." She distributed among them money and crowns of gold with which to pay for their formal emancipation. Those who were not Christians, won by the beautiful example of the Pearl of Antioch, begged Nonnus and Bomana to instruct them and prepare them for baptism. It was determined that Pelagia's villa should be, as soon as possible, converted into a hospital, and that Dione should remain to serve the suffering members of Jesus Christ. Pelagia gave the kiss of peace, which was to be...
The Creation of the Principality of Antioch, 1098-1130
Author: Thomas S. AsbridgePublisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN: 9780851156613
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
The first major study of the principality of Antioch, reasserting its significance and challenging the dominance of Jerusalem in modern crusading historiography. The First Crusade wrought many changes across the medieval world, not least in Levant, where the expedition culminated in the Frankish conquest of much of Syria and Palestine. This book is the first major study of the early history of one of these Latin settlements, the principality of Antioch; it reasserts the significance of Antioch, and challenges the dominant position of the kingdom of Jerusalem in modern crusading historiography. Thomas Asbridge examines the formation of Antioch's political, military and ecclesiastical frameworks and explains how the principality survived in the hostile political environment of the Near East. He also demonstrates that Latin Antioch was shapedby the complex world of the Levant, facing a diverse range of influences and potential threats from the neighbouring forces of Byzantium and Islam. Historians of the Frankish East and of medieval Europe in the eleventh century will find this an important contribution to crusading history; it is also a significant contribution to the study of frontier societies and medieval communities. THOMAS S. ASBRIDGE is lecturer in early medieval history at Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London.
The Principality of Antioch and Its Frontiers in the Twelfth Century
Author: Andrew D. BuckPublisher: Boydell & Brewer
ISBN: 1783271736
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
An investigation into how Antioch maintained itself as an independent principality during a period of considerable challenges.
History of Antioch
Author: Glanville DowneyPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400877733
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 788
Book Description
The most complete account of the classical city of Antioch, this study incorporates the findings of the excavations of 1932-1939. Dr. Downey, who participated in the excavations, tells the story of the rise and fall of Antioch, with nineteen excursuses, closely integrated with the text, affording a rich store of data on travel books, maps, and information on the walls, stadia, churches, etc. of the city. Originally published in 1961. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Antioch
Author: Andrea U. De GiorgiPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317540417
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 586
Book Description
Winner of ASOR's 2022 G. Ernest Wright Award for the most substantial volume dealing with archaeological material, excavation reports and material culture from the ancient Near East and Eastern Mediterranean. This is a complete history of Antioch, one of the most significant major cities of the eastern Mediterranean and a crossroads for the Silk Road, from its foundation by the Seleucids, through Roman rule, the rise of Christianity, Islamic and Byzantine conquests, to the Crusades and beyond. Antioch has typically been treated as a city whose classical glory faded permanently amid a series of natural disasters and foreign invasions in the sixth and seventh centuries CE. Such studies have obstructed the view of Antioch’s fascinating urban transformations from classical to medieval to modern city and the processes behind these transformations. Through its comprehensive blend of textual sources and new archaeological data reanalyzed from Princeton’s 1930s excavations and recent discoveries, this book offers unprecedented insights into the complete history of Antioch, recreating the lives of the people who lived in it and focusing on the factors that affected them during the evolution of its remarkable cityscape. While Antioch’s built environment is central, the book also utilizes landscape archaeological work to consider the city in relation to its hinterland, and numismatic evidence to explore its economics. The outmoded portrait of Antioch as a sadly perished classical city par excellence gives way to one in which it shines as brightly in its medieval Islamic, Byzantine, and Crusader incarnations. Antioch: A History offers a new portal to researching this long-lasting city and is also suitable for a wide variety of teaching needs, both undergraduate and graduate, in the fields of classics, history, urban studies, archaeology, Silk Road studies, and Near Eastern/Middle Eastern studies. Just as importantly, its clarity makes it attractive for, and accessible to, a general readership outside the framework of formal instruction.
Christian Antioch
Author: D. S. Wallace-HadrillPublisher: CUP Archive
ISBN: 9780521234252
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
This book is a comprehensive survey of the history and, more particularly, of the thought of Antioch from the second to the eighth centuries of the Christian era. Dr Wallace-Hadrill traces the religious background of Antiochene Christianity and examines in detail aspects of its intellectual life: the exegesis of scripture, the interpretation of history, philosophy, and the doctrine of the nature of God as applied to an understanding of Christ and man's salvation. The community at Antioch stressed history and literalism, in self-conscious opposition to the tendency to allegorise that prevailed at Alexandria. While insisting on the divinity of Christ, they were equally adamant that no other doctrine should be allowed to compromise their central belief that Jesus was really human.
A Short History of Antioch
Author: Edmund Spenser BouchierPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description