Series:

Variorum Collected Studies

2 total works

CS 577

Cover of Histoire et Historiographie en Occident aux IVe et Ve Siecles
Eleven articles in French focusing on the three areas of philosophy and historiography in late antiquity: questions surrounding time, whether time has direction; or an empire has a set period of time to exist; or if mankind has a purpose. Is time an illusion or does it progress ever onwards? Another aspect of the articles reflects the author's interest in the writing of history, particularly the stance the writer has chosen to take - such as whether it is optimistic or pessimistic about the period he is writing about. A final aspect looks at the period and region in which the writings occur - such as if it was written in a period of doubt, hope, or illusion.

Cover of L'extirpation de l'Arianisme en Italie du Nord et en Occident
The context of this second volume by Professor Duval is the trinitarian controversies of the later 4th century. His work presents a detailed analysis of the 'reconquest' of Northan Italy and Illyricum from the homeist dogmas put in place by Constans II and affirmed by the Council of Rimini in 359-60. Milan occupies a central place, first as a bastion of Arianism, then as the see of Ambrose, who eventually oversaw the victory of orthodoxy; as these studies show, the process was not straightforward, and even after the Council of Aquileia in 381, remained imperilled by the turbulent politics of the Empire. The final item, hitherto unpublished, gives a critical account of some recent work on Ambrose.