Orosius

Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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.

Autorentext
Dr Andrew Fear is Lecturer in Classics at the University of Manchester

Zusammenfassung
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.

Inhalt
CONTENTS Acknowledgements Abbreviations INTRODUCTION 1. Life 2. The Histories 3. Intentions 4. Secular Religious History 5. Sources 6. Structure 7. Chronological Systems and the Ordering of Time 8. Notes of Caution 9. Orosius's Clash with Augustine 10. Legacy NOTE ON TRANSLATION SYNOPSIS SEVEN BOOKS Of HISTORY AGAINST THE PAGANS Book One Book Two Book Three Book Four Book Five Book Six Book Seven Bibliography Index

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