An account and assessment of the career of St Ambrose (339-397) from 374 bishop of Milan and one of the four Doctors of the Christian Church (with Sts. Jerome Augustine and Gregory the Great). A key figure in the transition of the later Roman Empire into its medieval successor Western Christendom Ambrose was deeply involved in the political social and religious issues of his day: struggles between church and state (especially with Emperor Theodosius) the fight against heresy but he also had a deep influence on Church thought such as the role and status of women. John Moorhead considers all these dimensions in a book that will be of compelling interest to historians of the Church and the late classical world and classical studies. Language: English