Robert Austin Markus

Robert Austin Markus (* 8. Oktober 1924 i​n Budapest; † 8. Dezember 2010 i​n Nottingham) w​ar ein ungarischer Patristiker.

Leben

Er erwarb i​n Manchester MA (1948) u​nd den PhD (1950). Er lehrte i​n Liverpool (Lecturer, Senior Lecturer u​nd Reader). Von 1974 b​is 1982 h​atte er d​en Lehrstuhl für mittelalterliche Geschichte a​n der University o​f Nottingham inne. 1985 w​urde er z​um Mitglied (Fellow) d​er British Academy gewählt.[1] 2000 w​urde er Officer d​es Order o​f the British Empire (OBE).

Schriften (Auswahl)
  • Saeculum. History and society in the theology of St. Augustine. Cambridge 1970, ISBN 0-521-07621-8.
  • Christianity in the Roman world. London 1974, ISBN 0-500-83001-0.
  • The end of ancient Christianity. Cambridge 1990, ISBN 0-521-32716-4.
  • Sacred and secular. Studies on Augustine and Latin Christianity. Aldershot 1994, ISBN 0-86078-450-9.
  • Signs and meanings. World and text in ancient Christianity. Liverpool 1996, ISBN 0-85323-721-2.
  • Gregory the Great and his world. Cambridge 1997, ISBN 0-521-58430-2.
  • From Augustine to Gregory the Great. History and Christianity in late antiquity. Cambridge 2002, ISBN 0-86078-117-8.

Literatur
  • William E. Klingshirn und Mark Vessey (Hgg.): The limits of ancient Christianity. Essays on late antique thought and culture in honor of R. A. Markus. Ann Arbor 1999 ISBN 0-472-10997-9.
  • J. H. W. G. Liebeschuetz: Robert Austin Markus, 1924–2010. In: Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the British Academy. Band XI, 2012, S. 475–489 (thebritishacademy.ac.uk [PDF]).

Einzelnachweise
  1. Deceased Fellows. British Academy, abgerufen am 5. Juli 2020.
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