An Age of Saints?
Power, Conflict and Dissent in Early Medieval Christianity
- Editors Peter Sarris; Matthew Dal Santo; Phil Booth
- Subjects: History
- Keywords: medieval history; late antiquity; doubt; saints; middle ages; cult
- Publication Year : 2011
- DOI: 10.1163/ej.9789004206601.i-224
- E - ISBN : 9789004206595
- Imprint: Brill
- Collections: European History and Culture E-Books Online, Collection 2011
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This volume focuses on the strategies through which secular and ecclesiastical authorities throughout the early medieval world shaped and exploited Christian culture in their own interests, and the simultaneous attempts of rivals and sceptics to resist that same process.
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Preliminary Material
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Restless Peasants And Scornful Lords: Lay Hostility To Holy Men And The Church In Late Antiquity And The Early Middle Ages
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Methodology, Authority And Spontaneity: Sources Of Spiritual Truthfulness In Late Antique Texts And Life
- pp. 11–35 (25)
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The Cult Of Saints And Religious Processions In Late Antiquity And The Early Middle Ages
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Augustine, Donatists And Martyrdom
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Excluded From Power? The Boundaries Of Orthodoxy In The Works Of Athanasius And John Of Ephesus
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The Conversion Of King Caleb And The Religious And Political Dynamics Of Sixth-Century Ethiopia And Southern Arabia
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The Emergence Of Martyrs’ Shrines In Late Antique Iran: Conflict, Consensus And Communal Institutions
- pp. 89–113 (25)
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Orthodox And Heretic In The Early Byzantine Cult(S) Of Saints Cosmas And Damian
- pp. 114–128 (15)
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The God-Protected Empire? Scepticism Towards The Cult Of Saints In Early Byzantium
- pp. 129–149 (21)
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Images Of Authority? Imperial Patronage Of Icons From Justinian II To Leo III
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Hagiography As An Instrument For Political Claims In Carolingian Northern Italy: The Saint Syrus Dossier (BHL 7976 And 7978)
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Relics And Texts: Hagiography And Authority In Ninth-Century Francia
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Conclusion: An Age Of Saints? Power, Conflict And Dissent In Early Medieval Christianity
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