Seven books of history against the pagans
By: Orosius ; translated with an introduction and notes by A.T. Fear
Contributors: Fear, A. T.
Series: Translated texts for historians -- v. 54; Translated texts for historians -- v. 54.
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Liverpool
Language: eng
Number of pages: 456
ISBN-13: 9781846314735; 9781846312397
Subjects: Primitive and early church; Weltgeschichte; Geschichtsschreibung; Apologetik; Historia; Early works to 1800; Ancient History; Antiken; Apologetics; Church history; World history; Fornkyrkan
Work titles: Historiarum adversus paganos libri VII
Description: Orosius' Seven Books of History against the Pagans provide a Christian interpretation of history from God's creation of the world to the period of the Gothic attacks on the Roman Empire in the early fifth century. By the end of that century, Orosius' work was already a classic and its Christian perspective ensured that it remained an immensely popular and standard work of reference on antiquity in the medieval world. Available now in English translation for the first time since 1936, this key work of historical and geographical reference in the medieval world will delight scholars of early Christianity and pagan history.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Translated from the Latin.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Note on translation; title: Synopsis; title: Seven books of history against the pagans.