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UNISA996208216703316 |
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Autore |
Norton Peter <1956-> |
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Titolo |
Episcopal elections 250-600 [[electronic resource] ] : hierarchy and popular will in late antiquity / / Peter Norton |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007 |
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ISBN |
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1-281-14532-7 |
9786611145323 |
0-19-152587-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (284 p.) |
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Collana |
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Oxford classical monographs |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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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) |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [260]-266) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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A refutation of the conventional view that after the adoption of Christianity by the Roman empire the local community lost its voice in the appointment of bishops. Peter Norton argues that this right remained for longer than is normally assumed, with important consequences for our understanding of the administration of the later empire. - ;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 |
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