Episcopal Elections 250-600: Hierarchy and Popular Will in Late Antiquity

ISBN-13: 9780199207473 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 288 str.

Peter Norton

Opis

Peter Norton covers a topic of great relevance to students of early Church history and late antiquity alike. He challenges the conventional view that after the adoption of Christianity by the Roman empire the local community lost its voice in the appointment of bishops, and argues that this right remained in theory and practice for longer than is normally assumed. Given that bishops became important to the running of the empire at the local level, a proper understanding of how they came into office is essential for our understanding of the later empire.

Recenzje

this is a thorough work, which marshals the evidence for its thesis convincingly and well.

O autorze

Peter Norton teaches at the Dragon School, Oxford.