Zosimus: Historia
Nova. [At Then Again]
On the ending of Paganism.
Mark the Deacon: Life of Porphyry of Gaza, 5th
Century, [full text]
fascinating account of the Christian destruction of Paganism in Gaza.
Socrates Scholasticus: The Murder of Hypatia.
A leading female philosopher, Hypatia was murdered by a Christian mob in Alexandria, urged
on by St. Cyril. See also The
Hypatia Page. Three historical version's of Hypatia's murder are available, and useful
for comparative purposes:
Damascius: The Life of
Hypatia, from the Life of Isidore, reproduced in The Suda. [At
cosmopolis.com]
WEB A Chronology of the Arian
Controversy 311-383, [At Church of the East]
With the texts of the Ten Arian Confessions (although some of the links are broken).
St. Vincent of Lerins: The "Vincentian
Canon", 434 CE
A classic definition of "orthodoxy".
Eastern Fathers
Gregory of Nyssa (c.335-d.c.395): Life of Macrina,
trans. W.K. Lowther Clarke.
One of the most important lives of a female saint. This is an account of Gregory's
strongminded sister, Macrina (c.327-379)
The Hildebrandslied 830s
Full translation of the main suriving frangment of and Old High German poem.
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