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Record Nr.

UNINA9910795736303321

Autore

Norton Peter <1956->

Titolo

Episcopal elections 250-600 [[electronic resource] ] : hierarchy and popular will in late antiquity / / Peter Norton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007

ISBN

1-281-14532-7

9786611145323

0-19-152587-1

Descrizione fisica

xi, 271 p

Collana

Oxford classical monographs

Disciplina

262/.1213

Soggetti

Bishops - Appointment, call, and election - History

Clergy - Appointment, call, and election - History

Church history - Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600

Election law (Canon law)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [260]-266) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Legislation and theory -- The electorate : local communities and public disorder -- Imperial intervention -- Provinces and patriarchs : organizational structures -- The metropolitan system in the West -- The Eastern metropolitans -- Corruption, constraint, and nepotism -- Three disputed elections.