The formation of papal authority in late antique Italy : Roman bishops and the domestic sphere /
This book is the first cultural history of papal authority in late antiquity. While most traditional histories posit a 'rise of the papacy' and examine popes as politicians, theologians and civic leaders, Kristina Sessa focuses on the late Roman household and its critical role in the devel...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2012.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction: household management and the Bishop of Rome
- The late Roman household in Italy
- From dominion to dispensatio: stewardship as an elite ideal
- Primus cultor: episcopal householding in theory and practice
- Overseeing the overseer: bishops and the lay household
- Cultivating the clerical household: marriage, property, and inheritance
- Mistrusting the Bishop: succession, stewardship, and sex in the Laurentian schism
- The household and the Bishop: authority, competition, and cooperation in the gesta martyrum.