Town and country. Christianisation of a classical antinomy

Authors

  • António Manuel Ribeiro Rebelo Universidade de Coimbra

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14195/2183-1718_67_5

Keywords:

city, country, urbanitas, rusticitas, pagan, paganism, Christians, miles Christi

Abstract

The Author explores the difference between city and country in ancient Latin literature to focus on the approach Christians used to spread the Gospel among the population. These differences had important implications for the concepts, ideals and moral values that shaped new vocabulary, other senses and connotations of words in Latin and modern languages, that lasted throughout the centuries, until now.

http://dx.doi.org/10.14195/2183-1718_67_5

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Published

2015-12-10

Issue

Vol. 67 (2015)

Section

Articles

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