Episcopal elections in late antiquity [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Johan Leemans ... [et al.]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910461409203321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Boston, : De Gruyter, c2011
• ISBN: 1-283-40391-9; 9786613403919; 3-11-026860-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (620 p.)
• Collana: Arbeiten zur Kirchengeschichte, , 1861-5996 ; Bd. 119
• Altri autori (Persone): LeemansJohan <1965->
• Disciplina: 262/.1220901
• Soggetti: Bishops - Appointment, call, and election - History; Church history - Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- Episcopal Elections in Late Antiquity: Structures and Perspectives / Nuffelen, Peter Van / Leemans, Johan -- Keynote Lectures -- Episcopal Succession in Antioch in the Sixth Century / Allen, Pauline -- The Election of Ambrose of Milan / Barnes, Timothy David -- Theodoret of Cyrrhus and Syrian Episcopal Elections / Bevan, George A. -- L'élection d'archevêques diphysites au trône alexandrin (451-482): une désignation artificielle et contrainte? / Blaudeau, Philippe -- Bischofswahl und Bischofsernennung im Synodicon Orientale / Bruns, Peter -- La royauté mérovingienne et les élections épiscopales au VIe siècle / Dumézil, Bruno -- Canonical Legislation on the Ordination of Bishops: Innocent I's Letter to Victricius of Rouen / Dunn, Geoffrey D. -- Christlicher Euergetismus ob honorem? Die Einsetzung von Klerikern in ihre Ämter und die von diesen vorangetriebenen Bauprojekte / Haensch, Rudolf -- Clerical Marriage and Episcopal Elections in the Latin West: From Siricius to Leo I / Hunter, David G. -- The Saint and the Bishop: Severinus of Noricum / Rosenberger, Veit -- Bishops and Clerics during the Fourth Century: Numbers and Their Implications / Dam, Raymond Van -- The Rhetoric of Rules and the Rule of Consensus / Nuffelen, ; Peter Van -- Les élections épiscopates en Égypte aux VIe- VIIe siècles / Wipszycka, Ewa -- Bischofswahlen in Rom (3.-6. Jh.): Bedingungen - Akteure - Verfahren / Wirbelauer, Eckhard -- Short Papers -- Les élections épiscopales en Orient sous Sévère d'Antioche (512-518) / Alpi, Frédéric -- ...ut sancto sanctus succederet... oder: Haben Heilige eine Wahl? Ein Ausblick auf die frühmittelalterliche Bischofserhebung in den Viten heiliger Bischöfe / Alt, Daniel -- Bishop Pesynthios of Koptos (Egypt): "He did not pursue the honour, but it was the honour that pursued him" / Dekker, Renate -- An Extraordinary Bishop: Eusebius of Caesarea in Cappadocia / Fatti, Federico -- The Election and Deposition of Meletius of Antioch: The Fall of an Integrative Bishop / Hihn, Oliver -- Haeres Petri: Kontinuitat und Wandel in der Bischofsnachfolge des Siricius von Rom / Hornung, Christian -- Episcopal Succession as Criterion of Communion: The Rise of Rival Episcopal Genealogies in Alexandria according to Liberatus of Carthage / Keough, Shawn W. J. -- Epiphanius of Cyprus vs. John of Jerusalem: An Improper Ordination and the Escalation of the Origenist Controversy / Kim, Young Richard -- Episcopal Elections in Gaul: The Normative View of the Concilia Galliae versus the Narrative Accounts / Loftus, Susan -- Ecclesia non abhorret a sanguine. Les élections épiscopales dans l'Église arménienne aux IVe-Ve siècles / Mardirossian, Aram -- Education, Humility and Choosing Ideal Bishops in Late Antiquity / Maxwell, Jaclyn -- Zum Beispiel Proklos von Konstantinopel. Über Chancen und Grenzen des spätantiken Bischofsamtes / Rist, Josef -- The Election of Sahak I as Catholicos of the Armenian Church / Shchuryk, Oleh -- Procedure and Hierarchy: Models of Episcopal Election in Late Antique Conciliar and Papal Rule making / Thier, Andreas -- Episcopal Self-Presentation: Sidonius Apollinaris and the Episcopal Election in Bourges AD 470 / Waarden, Johannes A. van -- The Election of Paul the Jew (519) in Light of the Theopaschite Controversy / Viezure, Dana luliana -- List of Authors -- Indices
• Sommario/riassunto: The present volume contributes to a reassessment of the phenomenon of episcopal elections from the broadest possible perspective, examining the varied combination of factors, personalities, rules and habits that played a role in the process that eventually resulted in one specific candidate becoming the new bishop, and not another. The importance of episcopal elections hardly needs stating: With the bishop emerging as one of the key figures of late antique society, his election was a defining moment for the local community, and an occasion when local, ecclesiastical, and secular tensions were played out. Building on the state of the art regarding late antique bishops and episcopal election, this volume of collected studies by leading scholars offers fresh perspectives by focussing on specific case-studies and opening up new approaches. Covering much of the Later Roman Empire between 250-600 AD, the contributions will be of interest to scholars interested in Late Antique Christianity across disciplines as diverse as patristics, ancient history, canon law and oriental studies.

Exploring Agrodiversity / / Harold Brookfield

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910954772603321
• Autore: Brookfield H. C.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, NY : , : Columbia University Press, , [2001]; ©2001
• ISBN: 9780231501125; 0231501129
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (371 p.)
• Collana: Issues, Cases, and Methods in Biodiversity Conservation
• Disciplina: 306.3/49; 306.349; 333.7616
• Soggetti: Agrobiodiversity; Agriculture - General; Agriculture; Earth & Environmental Sciences
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- The Plan of the Book -- Acknowledgments -- Part I. Presenting Agrodiversity -- Chapter 1. Presenting Diversity by Example: Mintima and Bayninan -- Chapter 2. Diversity, Stress, and Opportunity -- Chapter 3. Defining, Describing, and Writing About Agrodiversity -- Chapter 4. Learning About the History of Agrodiversity -- Chapter 5. Understanding Soils and Soil-Plant Dynamics -- Part II. Diversity Within Land Rotational Systems -- Chapter 6. Analyzing Shifting Cultivation -- Chapter 7. Alternative Ways to Farm Parsimonious Soils -- Chapter 8. Managing Plants in the Fallow and the Forest -- Chapter 9. Coping with Problems: Degraded Land, Slope Dynamics, and Flood -- Part III. Paths of Transformation -- Chapter 10. Who Has Driven Agricultural Change? -- Chapter 11. Farmer-Driven Transformation in Modern Times -- Chapter 12. The Green Revolution -- Part IV. The Future of Agrodiversity -- Chapter 13. Recent Trends in Agriculture -- Chapter 14. Science, Farmers, and Politics -- Epilogue: Looking at the Future -- References -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Small farmers are often viewed as engaging in wasteful practices that wreak ecological havoc. Exploring Agrodiversity sets the record straight: Small farmers are in fact ingenious and inventive and engage in a diverse range of land-management strategies, many of them resourcefully geared toward conserving resources, especially soil. They have shown considerable resilience in the face of major onslaughts against their way of life by outsiders and government.Using case studies from Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Pacific, this book provides in-depth analysis of agricultural diversity and explores its history. The book also considers the effect of the "gene revolution" on small farmers and reviews the effects of the "green revolution" in Asian countries. In conclusion, it questions whether the diverse agricultural practices employed by small farmers can survive modern pressures and the global ambitions of the biotechnology industry.