The formation of papal authority in late antique Italy : Roman bishops and the domestic sphere

1. Verfasser: Sessa, Kristina
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Umfang/Format: xv, 323 p. : map ; 24 cm.
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Inhalte/Bestandteile: 1 Datensätze
Inhaltsangabe:
  • 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.