Politics of Heresy in Ambrose of Milan

Ambrose of Milan is famous above all for his struggle with, and triumph over, ''Arian'' heresy. Yet, almost all of the evidence comes from Ambrose''s own writings, and from pious historians of the next generation who represented him as a champion of orthodoxy. This detailed study argues instead that an ''Arian'' opposition in Milan was largely conjured up by Ambrose himself, lumping together criti...