250 Pages
by
Routledge
260 Pages
by
Routledge
250 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book offers a reconstruction and interpretation of banishment in the final era of a unified Roman Empire, 284-476 CE. Author Daniel Washburn argues that exile was both a penalty and a symbol. It applied to those who committed a misstep or crossed the wrong person; it also stood as a marker of affliction or failure. Like other punishments, it articulated and cemented the power asymmetry... Read more
Introduction 1. Varieties and Commonalities 2. Banishment and the Church 3. The Authorities 4. The Enforcers 5. The Banished 6. Life in Banishment 7. Return of the Exile Notes Bibliography Index
Biography
Daniel Washburn is an Instructor of Humanities at the Matteo Ricci College of Seattle University, USA.
