Emperor Constantine and the Making of Christianity

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Booking will close on Friday 10th October 2025 at 12 noon.

Due to limited resources, we are UNABLE TO ACCEPT LATE BOOKINGS after this date.

Wednesday afternoons 2.00 - 4.00 p.m. for five weeks, 15th October - 12th November 2025.

This course sets out to show the life and habits of the Christians in the early three centuries following the birth of Jesus Christ and how the emperor Constantine let Christianity become the most influential religion across the Roman Empire. We will also examine how Constantine gradually changed the Roman urban landscape by remodelling old edifices and by building churches.

Tutor: Renato Ammannati

Renato studied architecture, urban planning and theology in Rome. A member of the Vatican Commission for the Preservation of Monuments and Works of Art, he worked in Italy and the Vatican State for a number of years. In 2001 he published his first book: 'Apocalisse. Le cose che stanno per accadere. Linearita e reversibilita del tempo nell’ Apocalisse di Giovanni', and in 2010, 'Rivelazione e Storia'; both anthropological analyses of the Book of Revelations. Since 2012 Renato has given continuing education classes on Italian culture, history and art at the University of Dundee.

Course code: 09 116

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