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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sessa, Kristina
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: 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.