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CHRISTIAN MARTYRDOM IN LATE ANTIQUITY (300-450 ...

The present volume's focus lies on the formation of a multifaccetted discourse on Christian
martyrdom in Late Antiquity. While martyrdom accounts remain a central means of defining
Christian identity  new literary genres emerge  e.g.  the Lives of Saints (Athanasius on
Antony)  sermons (the Cappadocians)  hynms (Prudentius) and more. Authors like Eusebius of
Caesarea and Augustine employ martyrological language and motifs in their apologetical and
polemic writings  while the Gesta Martyrum Romanorum represent a new type of veneration of the
martyrs of a single site. Beyond the borders of the Roman Empire  new martyrs' narratives can
be found. Additionally  two essays deal with methodological questions of research of such
sources  thereby highlighting the hitherto understudied innovations of martyrology in Late
Antiquity  that is  after the end of the persecutions of Christianity by Roman Emperors. Since
then  martyrology gained new importance for the formation of Christian identity within the
context of a Christianized imperium. The volume thus enlarges and specifies our knowledge of
this fundamental Christian discourse.

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