Greek and Latin letters in Late Antiquity: the Christianisation of a literary form
"Late Antiquity - by which we mean the period from 300 to 600 CE - has rightly been called the golden age of epistolography, one which has few equivalents, even taking Cicero, Pliny the Younger, Fronto or Cyprian into account. Mullett notes that fourth- and fifth-century Greek letters make up t...
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| Zusammenfassung: | "Late Antiquity - by which we mean the period from 300 to 600 CE - has rightly been called the golden age of epistolography, one which has few equivalents, even taking Cicero, Pliny the Younger, Fronto or Cyprian into account. Mullett notes that fourth- and fifth-century Greek letters make up the majority of Byzantine letters. O'Brien points out that in the third century 177 letters survive from eleven writers in Latin, while from the fourth century the works of twenty-one epistolographers have come down to us in 395 letters, and 933 from forty-one writers from the fifth century, while after the sixth century the number of letters falls off sharply.3 This exponential increase in epistolary activity is all the more surprising given that in the Classical period only eminent and politically active people could afford a private postal service, and the relatively high mortality rate of ancient letters"-- |
| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | viii, 189 Seiten |
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| adam_text | Contents Acknowledgements List ofAbbreviations page vi vii 1 Introduction to Late Antique Letters 2 The Christianisation of the Late Antique Letter-Form 24 3 Preservation and Transmission 47 4 Letter-Types and Their Uses 70 5 Difficulties in Spreading the Word 94 6 Networks and Communities of Readers 116 Epilogue Appendix 1 Timeline ofEcclesiastical Events Appendix 2 Notable Letter-Writers in Late Antiquity Bibliography Primary Sources Secondary Works and Translations Index i 144 153 156 160 160 162 182
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Contents Acknowledgements List ofAbbreviations page vi vii 1 Introduction to Late Antique Letters 2 The Christianisation of the Late Antique Letter-Form 24 3 Preservation and Transmission 47 4 Letter-Types and Their Uses 70 5 Difficulties in Spreading the Word 94 6 Networks and Communities of Readers 116 Epilogue Appendix 1 Timeline ofEcclesiastical Events Appendix 2 Notable Letter-Writers in Late Antiquity Bibliography Primary Sources Secondary Works and Translations Index i 144 153 156 160 160 162 182 |
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