{"product_id":"century-of-miracles-paperback","title":"Century of Miracles - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eH. a. Drake\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe fourth century of our common era began and ended with a miracle. Traditionally, in the year 312, the Roman emperor Constantine experienced a \"vision of the Cross\" that led him to convert to Christianity and to defeat his last rival to the imperial throne; and, in 394, a divine wind carried the emperor Theodosius to victory at the battle of the Frigidus River. In \u003cem\u003eA Century of Miracles\u003c\/em\u003e, historian H. A. Drake explores the role miracle stories such as these played in helping Christians, pagans, and Jews think about themselves and each other. These stories, he concludes, bolstered Christian belief that their god wanted the empire to be Christian. Most importantly, they help explain how, after a century of trumpeting the power of their god, Christians were able to deal with their failure to protect the city of Rome from a barbarian sack by the Gothic army of Alaric in 410. Thoroughly researched within a wide range of faiths and belief systems, \u003cem\u003eA Century of Miracles\u003c\/em\u003e provides an absorbing illumination of this complex, polytheistic, and decidedly mystical phenomenon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eH. A. Drake\u003c\/strong\u003e is Research Professor Emeritus in the Department of History at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eConstantine and the Bishops\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cem\u003eIllustrations\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003eAbbreviations\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eChapter One: Historians and the Miraculous\u003cbr\u003eChapter Two: Theodosius's Miracle\u003cbr\u003eChapter Three: Constantine's Miracle\u003cbr\u003eChapter Four: Miracle Doctors\u003cbr\u003eChapter Five: The Miracle of the Cross\u003cbr\u003eChapter Six: Jews in Miracles\u003cbr\u003eChapter Seven: Miracle in the Desert\u003cbr\u003eChapter Eight: Miracles on Trial\u003cbr\u003eChapter Nine: Failed Miracles\u003cbr\u003eChapter Ten: Alaric, Augustine, and the End of a Century of Miracles\u003cbr\u003eEpilogue: The Story of Titus \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003ePrimary Sources\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/em\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 328\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47369076506873,"sku":"9780197541388","price":61.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/UnU1cHRHc3Q3WklXWVluSWxSRUg3dz09.webp?v=1769984090","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/century-of-miracles-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}