An age of saints? : power, conflict, and dissent in early medieval Christianity
Restless peasants and scornful lords: lay hostility to holy men and the church in late antiquity and the early Middle Ages / Peter Sarris -- Methodology, authority and spontaneity: sources of spiritual truthfulness in late antique texts and life / Peter Turner -- The cult of saints and religious pro...
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| Format: | Buch |
| Sprache: | English |
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Leiden [u.a.] : Brill,
2011
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| Mit dem übergeordneten Werk verknüpfte Titel: | Brill's series on the early Middle Ages
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| Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | Brill's series on the early Middle Ages |
| Schlagworte: | Christian sociology Church history Kirchliches Leben Heiligenverehrung Religiöser Konflikt Geschichte 300-800 |
| Umfang: | XV, 223 S. |
Inhaltsangabe:
- Restless peasants and scornful lords: lay hostility to holy men and the church in late antiquity and the early Middle Ages / Peter SarrisMethodology, authority and spontaneity: sources of spiritual truthfulness in late antique texts and life / Peter Turner
- The cult of saints and religious processions in late antiquity and the early Middle Ages / Peter Kritzinger
- Augustine, Donatists and martyrdom / Collin Garbarino
- Excluded from power? The boundaries of orthodoxy in the works of Athanasius and John of Ephesus / Philip Wood
- The conversion of King Caleb and the religious and political dynamics of sixth-century Ethiopia and Southern Arabia / Ralph Lee
- The emergence of martyrs' shrines in late antique Iran: conflict, consensus and communal institutions / Richard Payne
- Orthodox and heretic in the early Byzantine cult(s) of Saints Cosmas and Damian / Phil Booth
- The god-protected empire? Scepticism towards the cult of saints in early Byzantium / Matthew Dal Santo
- Images of authority? Imperial patronage of icons from Justinian II to Leo III / Mike Humphreys
- Hagiography as an instrument for political claims in Carolingian Northern Italy: the Saint Syrus Dossier (BHL 7976 and 7978) / Giorgia Vocino
- Relics and texts: hagiography and authority in ninth-century Francia / Gerda Heydemann
- Conclusion: An age of saints? Power, conflict and dissent in early medieval Christianity / Matthew Dal Santo and Phil Booth.
- Restless peasants and scornful lords: lay hostility to holy men and the church in late antiquity and the early Middle Ages Peter Sarris
- Methodology, authority and spontaneity: sources of spiritual truthfulness in late antique texts and life Peter Turner
- The cult of saints and religious processions in late antiquity and the early Middle Ages Peter Kritzinger
- Augustine, Donatists and martyrdom Collin Garbarino
- Excluded from power? The boundaries of orthodoxy in the works of Athanasius and John of Ephesus Philip Wood
- The conversion of King Caleb and the religious and political dynamics of sixth-century Ethiopia and Southern Arabia Ralph Lee
- The emergence of martyrs' shrines in late antique Iran: conflict, consensus and communal institutions Richard Payne
- Orthodox and heretic in the early Byzantine cult(s) of Saints Cosmas and Damian Phil Booth
- The god-protected empire? Scepticism towards the cult of saints in early Byzantium Matthew Dal Santo
- Images of authority? Imperial patronage of icons from Justinian II to Leo III Mike Humphreys
- Hagiography as an instrument for political claims in Carolingian Northern Italy: the Saint Syrus Dossier (BHL 7976 and 7978) Giorgia Vocino
- Relics and texts: hagiography and authority in ninth-century Francia Gerda Heydemann
- Conclusion: An age of saints? Power, conflict and dissent in early medieval Christianity Matthew Dal Santo and Phil Booth.