Superfluous Verbiage?: Rhetoric and Law in the Age of Constantine and Julian

Jill Diana Harries

doi:10.1353/earl.2011.0030

Superfluous Verbiage? Rhetoric and Law in the Age of Constantine and Julian

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The paper analyses a selection of texts from Eusebius and the Theodosian Code, illustrating the importance of legislation as response, as general statement of policy and as an exercise in education through moral persuasion.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	345-374
Number of pages	30
Journal	Journal of Early Christian Studies
Volume	19
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1353/earl.2011.0030
Publication status	Published - 2011

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