Mark D. Ellison: The Visual Rhetoric of the Married Laity in Late Antiquity. Iconography, the Christianization of Marriage, and Alternatives to the Ascetic Ideal (reviewed by Shaun F. Tougher)

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Document type
Review (monograph)
Journal
Plekos. Elektronische Zeitschrift für Rezensionen und Berichte zur Erforschung der Spätantike
Pages
143-148
Author (Review)
Language(s) (review)
English
Language(s) (reviewed text)
English
Authors
Title
The Visual Rhetoric of the Married Laity in Late Antiquity
Subtitle
Iconography, the Christianization of Marriage, and Alternatives to the Ascetic Ideal
Year of publication
2024
Place of publication
London
Publisher
Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
Series
Routledge Studies in the Early Christian World
Number of pages
XVI, 334
ISBN
978-1-032-54648-3
Subject classification
Ancient History
Time classification
1st - 5th century AD
Regional classification
Roman Empire
Subject heading
Spätantike
Christentum
Frühchristentum
Ikonografie
Kunst
Bildnis
Laie
Original source URL
https://www.plekos.uni-muenchen.de/2025/r-ellison.pdf
recensio-Date
Apr 09, 2026
recensio-ID
0830712f793b45b2b4b5d7fa43a77c64

Tougher, Shaun F.: review of: Mark D. Ellison, The Visual Rhetoric of the Married Laity in Late Antiquity. Iconography, the Christianization of Marriage, and Alternatives to the Ascetic Ideal, London: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2024, in: Plekos. Elektronische Zeitschrift für Rezensionen und Berichte zur Erforschung der Spätantike, 27 (2025), p. 143-148

URL
https://www.propylaeum.de/recensio-antiquitatis/rezensionen/zeitschriften/plekos/27-2025/the-visual-rhetoric-of-the-married-laity-in-late-antiquity-1
First published
https://www.plekos.uni-muenchen.de/2025/r-ellison.pdf

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