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  | | Monica(1st Edition) An Ordinary Saint (Women in Antiquity) by Gillian Clark Paperback, 208 Pages, Published 2015 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-998839-6, ISBN: 0-19-998839-0 "Rarely did ancient authors write about the lives of women; even more rarely did they write about the lives of ordinary women: not queens or heroines who influenced war or politics, not sensational examples of virtue or vice, not Christian martyrs or ascetics, but women of moderate status, who experienced everyday joys and sorrows and had everyday merits and failings. Such a woman was Monica--now Saint Monica because of her relationship ..." |
 | | Late Antiquity(1st Edition) A Very Short Introduction by Gillian Clark Paperback, 152 Pages, Published 2011 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-954620-6, ISBN: 0-19-954620-7 "Late antiquity: decline or transformation, conflict or interaction? Late antiquity is the period (c.300 - c.800) in which barbarian invasions ended Roman Empire in Western Europe by the fifth century and Arab invasions ended Roman rule over the eastern and southern Mediterranean coasts by the seventh century. Asking 'what, where, and when' Gillian Clark presents an introduction to the concept of late antiquity and the events of its t ..." |
 | | Women in Late Antiquity(Reprint) Pagan and Christian Lifestyles (Clarendon Paperbacks) by Gillian Clark Paperback, 188 Pages, Published 1994 by Clarendon Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-872166-6, ISBN: 0-19-872166-8 "This book bridges a gap between two traditional disciplines. Since the 1970s, there has been a remarkable outpouring of work on women in antiquity, but women in late antiquity (3rd-6th centuries A.D.) have been far less studied. Classicists have been more concerned with the first two centuries A.D., and theologians have been interested in New Testament, rather than patristic, teaching about women or its social and cultural setting. In t ..." |
 | | Augustine The Confessions (Landmarks of World Literature) by Gillian Clark Paperback, 122 Pages, Published 1993 by Cambridge University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-521-40942-1, ISBN: 0-521-40942-X "When Augustine wrote his Confessions in the last years of the fourth century, he was just over forty and had abandoned a successful career for a life of prayer and study. He interpreted his past life as a search for God, in which understanding and commitment had been frustrated by wrong education, mistaken ambition, sexual desire and sinful nature. Some readers are inspired by his brilliance and devotion, others think he misread his own ..." |
 | | Christianity and Roman Society(1st Edition) (Key Themes in Ancient History) by E. Gillian Clark, Rudolf Henn Paperback, 150 Pages, Published 2004 by Cambridge University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-521-63386-4, ISBN: 0-521-63386-9 "Early Christianity in the context of Roman society raises important questions for historians, sociologists of religion and theologians alike. This work explores the differing perspectives arising from a changing social and academic culture. Key issues concerning early Christianity are addressed, such as how early Christian accounts of pagans, Jews and heretics can be challenged and the degree to which Christian groups offered support to ..." |
 | | Augustine(Updated) Confessions Books I-IV (Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics - Imperial Library) (Latin and English Edition) by Gillian Clark, Saint Augustine, Aurelius Augustinus Paperback, 212 Pages, Published 1995 by Cambridge University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-521-49763-3, ISBN: 0-521-49763-9 "Augustine's Confessions is one of the most influential and most innovative works of Latin literature. Written in the author's early forties in the last years of the fourth century AD, they reflect on his life and on the activity of remembering and interpreting a life. Books I–IV are concerned with infancy and learning to talk, school days, sexual desire and adolescent rebellion, intense friendships and intellectual exploration. Augustin ..." |
 | | Commentary on Augustine City of God, Books 6-10 by Gillian Clark Hardcover, Published 2024 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-887008-1, ISBN: 0-19-887008-6 "City of God, composed in the early fifth century, is one of the great classics of western culture." |
 | | Women in Antiquity Ser. Monica : An Ordinary Saint by Gillian Clark Hardcover, 208 Pages, Published 2015 by Oup Usa ISBN-13: 978-0-19-998838-9, ISBN: 0-19-998838-2 "Rarely did ancient authors write about the lives of women; even more rarely did they write about the lives of ordinary women: not queens or heroines who influenced war or politics, not sensational examples of virtue or vice, not Christian martyrs or ascetics, but women of moderate status, who experienced everyday joys and sorrows and had everyday merits and failings. Such a woman was Monica-now Saint Monica because of her relationship w ..." |
 | | Women in Late Antiquity(1st Edition) Pagan and Christian Lifestyles by Gillian Clark Hardcover, 188 Pages, Published 1993 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-814675-9, ISBN: 0-19-814675-2 "This book bridges a gap between two traditional disciplines. Since the 1970s, there has been a remarkable outpouring of work on women in antiquity, but women in late antiquity (3rd-6th centuries A.D.) have been far less studied. Classicists have been more concerned with the first two centuries A.D., and theologians have been interested in New Testament, rather than patristic, teaching about women or its social and cultural setting. In t ..." |
 | | Sunday Express' Crossword Dictionary by Gillian Clark, James A. Coleman Paperback, 512 Pages, Published 1993 by Gardners Books ISBN-13: 978-1-85882-019-4, ISBN: 1-85882-019-7 "This is an aid to solving all types of crossword: cryptic, definitional and general knowledge. It contains 70,000 words organised in 125 thematic categories. The breadth of coverage enables you to tackle the most obscure crossword." |
 | | Iamblichus(1st Edition) On the Pythagorean Life (Liverpool University Press - Translated Texts for Historians) by Gillian Clark, Iamblichus Chalcidensis, Jámblico De Calcis, Gillian Clark Iamblichus, Hans-Wolfgang Ackermann Paperback, 144 Pages, Published 1998 by Liverpool University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-85323-326-8, ISBN: 0-85323-326-8 "Instead, he insists on the need for physical, moral and spiritual purification, for hard intellectual work in a range of disciplines based on mathematics, and for faith in the real theological content of traditional cults, divination, and supernatural happenings. Pythagoras both 6 See 58-9 (and note) and 159-60 on Platonism; 68-70 and note for the ascetic life. I.'s own development of Platonism is discussed in CH (Lloyd), Wallis, D ..." |
 | | Porphyry(Reprint) On Abstinence from Killing Animals (Ancient Commentators on Aristotle) by G. Clarke, Gillian Clark, Michael Griffin, Richard Sorabji Paperback, 228 Pages, Published 2014 by Bloomsbury Academic ISBN-13: 978-1-78093-889-9, ISBN: 1-78093-889-6 "Porphyry's On Abstinence from Killing Animals is one of the most interesting books from Greek antiquity for both philosophers and historians. In it, Porphyry relates the arguments for eating or sacrificing animals and then goes on to argue that an understanding of humans and gods shows such sacrifice to be inappropriate, that an understanding of animals shows it to be unjust, and that a knowledge of non-Greeks shows it to be unnecessary ..." |
 | | Bristol Phoenix Press Greece and Rome Live Ser. Augustine : The Confessions by Gillian Clark Hardcover, 104 Pages, Published 2009 by Liverpool University Press ISBN-13: 978-1-904675-40-2, ISBN: 1-904675-40-9 "The Confessions, written at the close of the 4th century CE, is a highly significant text in the history of European culture. Augustine explains just how and why he came to abandon a successful career and the personal enjoyments of a largely secular existence to follow a life of prayer and study, leading to a true comprehension of God and the Bible. The avowed approach of this introductory book is to `historicise' - to set Augustine's o ..." |
 | | Key Themes in Ancient History Ser. Christianity and Roman Society by Gillian Clark Hardcover, 152 Pages, Published 2004 by Cambridge University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-521-63310-9, ISBN: 0-521-63310-9 "Early Christianity in the context of Roman society raises important questions for historians, sociologists of religion and theologians alike. This work explores the differing perspectives arising from a changing social and academic culture. Key issues concerning early Christianity are addressed, such as how early Christian accounts of pagans, Jews and heretics can be challenged and the degree to which Christian groups offered support to ..." |
 | | Philosophy and Power in the Graeco-Roman World(1st Edition) Essays in Honour of Miriam Griffin by Tessa Rajak, Gillian Clark, Miriam Tamara Griffin, Oxford University Press Hardcover, 366 Pages, Published 2002 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-829990-5, ISBN: 0-19-829990-7 "Miriam Griffin is unrivalled as a bridge-builder, between historians of the Graeco-Roman world and students of its philosophies. This volume in her honour brings together seventeen international specialists. Their essays range from Socrates to late antiquity, extending to Diogenes, Cicero, Pliny the Elder, Marcus Aurelius, the Second Sophistic, Ulpian, Augustine, the Neoplatonist tradition, women philosophers, provision for basic human ..." |
 | | Christianity and Roman Society by Gillian Clark ISBN-13: 978-0-511-26586-0, ISBN: 0-511-26586-7 |
 | | Monica An Ordinary Saint by Gillian Clark 208 Pages, Published 2015 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-046356-4, ISBN: 0-19-046356-2 "Shaw, Brent D. (1984) 'Latin Funerary Epigraphy and Family Life in the Later Roman Empire', Historia 33.4:457–97. ... Thébert, Yvon (1987), 'Private Life and Domestic Architecture in Roman Africa', in P. Veyne, ed., A History of Private Life I : ..." |
 | | Monica An Ordinary Saint by Gillian Clark 224 Pages, Published 2015 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-998840-2, ISBN: 0-19-998840-4 "Clark, Gillian (1994) 'The Fathers and the Children', in Diana Wood, ed. (1994) The Church and Childhood. Papers read at the 1993 Summer Meeting and the 1994 Winter Meeting of the Ecclesiastical History Society. Studies in Church History 31, 1–27. Oxford: Blackwell. Clark, Gillian (1995) Augustine: Confessions Books I–IV. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. Clark, Gillian (2004) Christianity and Roman Society. Cambridge, UK: ..." |
 | | Out of the Frying Pan A Chef's Memoir of Hot Kitchens, Single Motherhood, and the Family Meal by Gillian Clark 272 Pages, Published 2013 by Thomas Dunne Books ISBN-13: 978-1-4668-4901-3, ISBN: 1-4668-4901-0 "“Where'd you get those earrings, Sian?” “Ms. Evans thought I looked good in them so she let me have them,” Sian said, puckering her lips slightly and extending her bony arm so that we could see the marcasite cocktail ring. Sian was wearing her weakness: the trappings of femininity that I barely wore now in my new career. She and her sister had long since raided my old jewelry box of those medals of conquest and salary increase, but ..." |
 | | Key Themes in Ancient History Ser. Christianity and Roman Society by Gillian Clark Published 2012 ISBN-13: 978-0-511-80353-6, ISBN: 0-511-80353-2 |
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