James Corke-Webster
A Bishop’s Biography: Eusebius of Caesarea and The Life of Constantine
Corke-Webster, James
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Koen De Temmerman
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Abstract
Eusebius’ Life of Constantine is one of the oddest works of biography to survive from Antiquity. As such, its authenticity and genre have been much studied. But its literary qualities remain undervalued. This chapter reads it not as a stand-alone work, but as the climax of its author’s long history of biographical experimentation. It focuses in particular on the ‘episcopal equivalencies’—the two passages where Constantine is described as being bishop-like. These passages can only be properly understood when read against the backdrop of Eusebius’ construction of bishops in his earlier biographical writings.
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Corke-Webster, J. (2020). A Bishop’s Biography: Eusebius of Caesarea and The Life of Constantine. In K. De Temmerman (Ed.), The Oxford handbook of ancient biography. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198703013.013.23
Online Publication Date | Dec 10, 2020 |
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Publication Date | Dec 10, 2020 |
Deposit Date | Nov 30, 2015 |
Publicly Available Date | Dec 10, 2022 |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Book Title | The Oxford handbook of ancient biography. |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198703013.013.23 |
Public URL | https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1668181 |
Contract Date | Oct 6, 2015 |
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Corke-Webster, James (2020). A Bishop’s Biography: Eusebius of Caesarea and The Life of Constantine, The Oxford handbook of ancient biography edited by Koen De Temmerman, 2020, reproduced by permission of Oxford University Press https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198703013.013.23
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