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Book contents
- Politics and Tradition between Rome, Ravenna and Constantinople
- Fourth Series
- Politics and Tradition between Rome, Ravenna and Constantinople
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Abbreviations
- Acknowledgements
- Part I The Variae as windows onto painted curtains
- Part II Cassiodorus and the circumstances of political survival
- Part III Reading the Variae as political apologetic
- Chapter 7 Literary Aspects of the Variae
- Chapter 8 Antiquitas and Novitas
- Chapter 9 Natura and Law in Justinian’s Novellae and the Variae
- Chapter 10 Reading Good Governance in the Variae and the De Anima
- Chapter 11 The Variae as Apologetic Narrative
- Chapter 12 Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
Chapter 11 - The Variae as Apologetic Narrative
from Part III - Reading the Variae as political apologetic
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 December 2012
- Politics and Tradition between Rome, Ravenna and Constantinople
- Fourth Series
- Politics and Tradition between Rome, Ravenna and Constantinople
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Abbreviations
- Acknowledgements
- Part I The Variae as windows onto painted curtains
- Part II Cassiodorus and the circumstances of political survival
- Part III Reading the Variae as political apologetic
- Chapter 7 Literary Aspects of the Variae
- Chapter 8 Antiquitas and Novitas
- Chapter 9 Natura and Law in Justinian’s Novellae and the Variae
- Chapter 10 Reading Good Governance in the Variae and the De Anima
- Chapter 11 The Variae as Apologetic Narrative
- Chapter 12 Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
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- Politics and Tradition Between Rome, Ravenna and ConstantinopleA Study of Cassiodorus and the Variae, 527–554, pp. 306 - 328Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2012