The Vandal Conquest of North Africa: The Origins of a Historiographical Persona
A close reading of sources documenting the Vandal conquest (429-39 ce) reveals that contemporary authors did not present the event as a persecution. To be sure, they insisted on the devastation that the Vandals caused, the typical woes of war, but not on its religious motivation. The article argues...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
[2017]
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The journal of ecclesiastical history
Year: 2017, Volume: 68, Issue: 4, Pages: 687-718 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Augustinus, Aurelius, Saint 354-430
/ Africa
/ Vandals
/ Conquest
/ Interpretation of
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| IxTheo Classification: | CF Christianity and Science CG Christianity and Politics KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity KBL Near East and North Africa |
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| Summary: | A close reading of sources documenting the Vandal conquest (429-39 ce) reveals that contemporary authors did not present the event as a persecution. To be sure, they insisted on the devastation that the Vandals caused, the typical woes of war, but not on its religious motivation. The article argues that it was Augustine who, in his ep. ccxxviii, first presented a theological interpretation of the event that allowed later sources writing within the Augustinian tradition to frame the conquest retroactively as a persecution. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-7637 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of ecclesiastical history
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0022046916002827 |