![]() | The Making of a Christian Aristocracy: Social and Religious Change in the Western Roman Empire Subjects: Christian converts -- Rome; Aristocracy (Social class) -- Religious life -- Rome; Sociology Christian -- History -- Early church ca. 30–600; What did it take to cause the Roman aristocracy to turn to Christianity, changing centuries-old beliefs and religious traditions? Michele Salzman takes a fresh approach to this much-debated question. Focusing on a sampling of individual aristocratic men and women as well as on writings and archeological evidence, she brings new understanding to the process by which pagan aristocrats became Christian, and Christianity became aristocratic. |
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