Threshold of Fire: A Novel of Fifth-Century RomeChicago Review Press, 1 aug 2005 - 255 pagina's In this vivid, dynamic novel, Hella Haasse has once more brought the past to life. This time she has chosen to illuminate a crucial, yet relatively obscure period of history: it is 414 A.D. and the once-powerful Roman Empire is in its death throes—split between East and West, menaced by barbarian hordes almost literally at its gates. The Emperor Honorius, an incompetent weakling, cowers in the marsh-bound city of Ravenna, where he has moved the government; he rarely "makes entry" into Rome. This is the brilliant canvas against which the characters in this drama interact. There is the Prefect Hadrian, a powerful official and fanatical Christian convert; there is Marcus Anicius, the pagan aristocrat who is clinging to a dying past, and there is the Jew Eliezar be Elijah, hemmed in by his own traditions and burdened by his dark vision of the future. There is the intrigue and uncertainty of life at Honorius's court, and there are the streets and tenements of Rome, pulsating with life and with corruption. |
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... Emperor Theodosius (346?-395) that it became the official religion of the Roman Empire. Theodosius was baptized in 380, the third year of his reign; he began the process which culminated in the liquidation of paganism and the repression ...
... Emperor Theodosius (346?-395) that it became the official religion of the Roman Empire. Theodosius was baptized in 380, the third year of his reign; he began the process which culminated in the liquidation of paganism and the repression ...
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... Theodosius issued a series of edicts: mandating faith in the Trinity ... Emperor no longer resided in Rome: it was too far from the threatened ... Theodosius's sons have been called twilight men ruling in a 10 THRESHOLD OF FIRE.
... Theodosius issued a series of edicts: mandating faith in the Trinity ... Emperor no longer resided in Rome: it was too far from the threatened ... Theodosius's sons have been called twilight men ruling in a 10 THRESHOLD OF FIRE.
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... Theodosius to do public penance for the massacre of seven thousand citizens at Thessalonica (now Salonica) in Greece ... Emperor Honorius. He is generally considered to be the last of the great Latin poets. He wrote panegyrics ...
... Theodosius to do public penance for the massacre of seven thousand citizens at Thessalonica (now Salonica) in Greece ... Emperor Honorius. He is generally considered to be the last of the great Latin poets. He wrote panegyrics ...
Pagina 64
... Emperor Theodosius on the subject of pagan practices. Hadrian is no longer faced with the choice of guilt for ignoring a punishable act or of getting Eliezar into trouble. He wants to indicate in no uncertain terms (magistrates who ...
... Emperor Theodosius on the subject of pagan practices. Hadrian is no longer faced with the choice of guilt for ignoring a punishable act or of getting Eliezar into trouble. He wants to indicate in no uncertain terms (magistrates who ...
Pagina 65
... Emperor Theodosius and his powerful bishops? Later, thinking back on these visits, Hadrian realizes that on questions of domestic and foreign policy, Eliezar prefers to analyze the present situation rather than express an opinion about ...
... Emperor Theodosius and his powerful bishops? Later, thinking back on these visits, Hadrian realizes that on questions of domestic and foreign policy, Eliezar prefers to analyze the present situation rather than express an opinion about ...
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Threshold of Fire: A Novel of Fifth-Century Rome Hella S. Haasse,Anita Miller,Nini Blinstrub Gedeeltelijke weergave - 2005 |
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