Pieniądz w "Historia religiosa" autorstwa Teodoreta z Cyru

• Authors: Ireneusz Milewski

Title variants

EN

Money in "Historia religiosa" by Theodoret of Cyrus

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The paper analyses the reports regarding money, which appear in the Historia religiosa writen by Theodoret of Cyrus. Historia religiosa, on the one hand, presents the life of the Syrian monks, and the other hand depicts the realities of everyday life of the inhabitants of the collapsed provinces of the Roman East at the turn of the fourth and fifth century. On this occasion, we also find in Historia religiosa nu­merous references to the role of money in everyday life. In the work of Theodoret money appears in several contexts: as an important element of trade on the market, as taxes, as a ransom paid for releasing captives but also as a money in welfare ac­tivities (amounts of money donated to charity). Unfortunately, in Historia religiosa, we didn’t found any information about the prices and wages. The analyzed reports, despite a certain lack of precision, are a valuable sources of knowledge. They depicts everyday life in eastern provinces, “stories” unknown to the “great history”, allow­ing for a reconstruction of social and economic history of the later Roman Empire.

Keywords

PL

antyczne chrześcijaństwo; gospodarka późnego Cesarstwa Rzymskiego; wczesne Bizancjum; Teodoret z Cyru; hagiografia bizantyńska; pieniądz

EN

Ancient Christianity; economy of the Later Roman Empire; early Byzantium; Theodoret of Cyrus; byzantine hagiography; money

• Publisher: Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
• Journal: Vox Patrum
• Year: 2018
• Volume: 69
• Pages: 481-492

Dates

published

2018-12-16

Contributors

author

Ireneusz Milewski

Identifiers

DOI

10.31743/vp.3271