FROM CLASSICAL LEARNING TO CHRISTIAN CULTURE: ORIENTAL MONARCHS IN THE LATIN WEST, 200-700

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Description

This project hypothesizes that there was an important transition from the ideals of learning in Classical Antiquity to the new Christian aesthetic of knowledge in Late Antiquity, which became formative for medieval thought. It supports this hypothesis by exploring the Christian reception of eastern monarchs, who had played an important role in classical texts. It is shown that these receptions are based on contemporary Christian texts and not classical literature. This analysis supports the argument that Christians were establishing a new frame of reference for intellectual and cultural coherence.

Layman's description

Projektet sætter fokus på den vigtige overgang fra antikkens klassiske dannelse til den nye kristne vidensæstetik, der vandt frem i senantikken (ca. 200-700), og som blev normgivende i den europæiske middelalder. Projektet undersøger og underbygger hypotesen om en innovativ udvikling af dannelsesidealet gennem et studium af flere orientalske herskere fra den klassiske kulturarv, som blev optaget i den kristne litteratur. Det undersøges hvordan de kristnes forståelse af monarkernes livshistorier byggede på samtidige kristne tekster og ikke den klassiske litteratur. Dette bruges til at påvise, at de kristne havde etableret nye referencerammer for kulturel enhed, frem for dem der var etableret i antikkens mesterværker.
StatusFinished
Effective start/end date03/09/201830/06/2022

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