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The persecution of Diocletian: A historical essay

The persecution of Diocletian: A historical essay

James Mason, Arthur

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Religion General Ancient GreeceGeneral Christianity

ISBN10: 9353702542
ISBN13: 9789353702540
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: May 20 2019
Pages: 394
Weight: 1.10
Height: 0.88 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Diocletian tried to silence a rising Church. It reshaped faith and power. In this brisk historical essay, Arthur James Mason traces the diocletian persecution history with a historian's discipline and a storyteller's sense of stakes: how the Roman empire tetrarchy faced an expanding Christian community, how roman anti christian edicts were framed and enforced, and why the great persecution of christians left such a durable mark on christian church history. Set in the late roman empire, Mason weighs evidence without bluster, reading official policy beside the human record of resistance. Mason also follows the political calculations behind each decree, the provincial machinery that executed it, and the arguments over authority that would soon reshape church and state. For collectors of classic scholarship, it is a lucid example of nineteenth-century historical writing: precise, principled, and readable. The result is early church history at its most compelling: clear-eyed analysis grounded in the sources that shaped later memory, including the witness preserved in Eusebius ecclesiastical history and the tradition of roman martyrdom narratives. Accessible to curious general readers, it also serves as a research reference for scholars and early church history students seeking a focused, citation-minded account. As an academic history reprint, it remains a valuable window into how modern historical scholarship first organised and interpreted this pivotal episode. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike.

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