City of Caesar, City of God: Constantinople and Jerusalem in Late Antiquity

by Konstantin M. Klein (Editor), Johannes Wienand (Editor)

Overview

When Emperor Constantine triggered the rise of a Christian state, he opened a new chapter in the history of Constantinople and Jerusalem. In the centuries that followed, the two cities were formed and transformed into powerful symbols of Empire and Church. For the first time, this book investigates the increasingly dense and complex net of reciprocal dependencies between the imperial center and the navel of the Christian world. Imperial influence, initiatives by the Church, and projects of individuals turned Constantinople and Jerusalem into important realms of identification and spaces of representation. Distinguished international scholars investigate this fascinating development, focusing on aspects of art, ceremony, religion, ideology, and imperial rule. In enriching our understanding of the entangled history of Constantinople and Jerusalem in Late Antiquity, City of Caesar, City of God illuminates the transition between Antiquity, Byzantium, and the Middle Ages.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783110718584
Publisher:	De Gruyter
Publication date:	12/05/2022
Series:	Millennium-Studien / Millennium Studies , #97
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	365
Sales rank:	196,616
File size:	9 MB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Konstantin M. Klein, University of Amsterdam, Germany; Johannes Wienand, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany.

Table of Contents

List of Figures xi

List of Abbreviations xiii

List of Contributors xvii

Constantinople & Jerusalem in Late Antiquity: Problems - Paradigms -Perspectives Konstantin Klein Johannes Wienand 1

Part 1 The Centers of a New World Order

The Making of the Holy Land in Late Antiquity Kai Trampedach 11

Always in Second Place: Constantinople as an Imperial and Religious Center in Late Antiquity Rene Pfeilschifter 39

Part 2 Urban Topographies Connected

Delineating the Sacred and the Profane: The Late-Antique Walls of Jerusalem and Constantinople Neslihan Asutay-Effenberger Shlomit Weksler-Bdolah 71

From the City of Caesar to the City of God: Routes, Networks, and Connectivity Between Constantinople and Jerusalem Marlena Whiting 111

Neighbors of Christ: Saints and their Martyria in Constantinople and Jerusalem Konstantin M. Klein 139

A New Temple of Solomon in Jerusalem? The Construction of the Nea Church (531-543) by Emperor Justinian Kai Trampedach 161

Part 3 The Power of Religion and Empire

Eusebius in Jerusalem and Constantinople: Two Cities, Two Speeches Johannes Wienand 185

Surpassing Solomon: Church-building and Political Discourse in Late Antique Constantinople Nadine Viermann 215

Palestine at the Periphery of Ecclesiastical Politics? The Bishops of Jerusalem after the Council of Chalcedon Jan-Markus Kötter 241

Part 4 Jerusalem, Constantinople and the End of Antiquity

The Church of St John the Apostle and the End of Antiquity in the New Jerusalem Paul Magdalino 263

Jerusalem in 630 James Howard-Johnston 281

From 'King Heraclius, Faithful in Christ' to 'Allenby of Armageddon': Christian Reconquistadores Enter the Holy City Lutz Greisiger 295

General Index 323

Names 329

Places 335

Literary Sources 339