Riot in Alexandria : tradition and group dynamics in late antique pagan and Christian communities

Publication Data

• Title Riot in Alexandria : tradition and group dynamics in late antique pagan and Christian communities
• Author Edward Jay Watts
• Publisher University of California Press
• Publication date 2010
• Publication location Berkeley, Calif.
• Language English

Contents

The anatomy of a riot
Personal legacy and scholastic identity
Past, present, and future in late Neoplatonic historical discourse
History and the shape of monastic communities
Anti-Chalcedonian ascetics and their student associates
Creating the legend of the Alexandrian bishop
Theophilus and Cyril : the Alexandrian bishop triumphant
Peter Mongus struggles with the past.

Topics

• Paganism :: Egypt :: Alexandria :: History
• Christian communities :: Egypt :: Alexandria :: History
• Asceticism :: History :: Early church, ca. 30-600
• Alexandrian school, Christian
• Education, Ancient :: Egypt :: Alexandria
• Riots :: Egypt :: Alexandria :: History
• Alexandria (Egypt) :: Intellectual life
• Alexandria (Egypt) :: Church history
• Alexandria (Egypt)

Riot in Alexandria : tradition and group dynamics in late antique pagan and Christian communities by Edward Jay Watts. ISBN 9780520262072. Published by University of California Press in 2010. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.