Riot in Alexandria
Subtitle: tradition and group dynamics in late antique pagan and Christian communities
By: Edward Watts.
Series: The transformation of the classical heritage -- 46
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Berkeley
Language: eng
Number of pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9780520262072
Subjects: 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
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The anatomy of a riot; title: Personal legacy and scholastic identity; title: Past, present, and future in late Neoplatonic historical discourse; title: History and the shape of monastic communities; title: Anti-Chalcedonian ascetics and their student associates; title: Creating the legend of the Alexandrian bishop; title: Theophilus and Cyril : the Alexandrian bishop triumphant; title: Peter Mongus struggles with the past.