The formation of papal authority in late antique Italy
Sessa, Kristina.
The formation of papal authority in late antique Italy Roman bishops and the domestic sphere / [electronic resource] : Kristina Sessa. - New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012. - 1 online resource (xv, 323 p.) : map.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: household management and the Bishop of Rome -- The late Roman household in Italy -- From dominion to dispensatio: stewardship as an elite ideal -- Primus cultor: episcopal householding in theory and practice -- Overseeing the overseer: bishops and the lay household -- Cultivating the clerical household: marriage, property, and inheritance -- Mistrusting the Bishop: succession, stewardship, and sex in the Laurentian schism -- The household and the Bishop: authority, competition, and cooperation in the gesta martyrum.
9781139190688 (electronic bk.) 1139190687 (electronic bk.)
Popes--Primacy--History of doctrines--Early church, ca. 30-600.
Home economics.
Households--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Papacy--History--To 1309.
RELIGION / Christian Church / Leadership
RELIGION / Leadership
Italy--Church history.
Electronic books.
BX1805 / .S47 2012eb
262/.1309015
The formation of papal authority in late antique Italy Roman bishops and the domestic sphere / [electronic resource] : Kristina Sessa. - New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012. - 1 online resource (xv, 323 p.) : map.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: household management and the Bishop of Rome -- The late Roman household in Italy -- From dominion to dispensatio: stewardship as an elite ideal -- Primus cultor: episcopal householding in theory and practice -- Overseeing the overseer: bishops and the lay household -- Cultivating the clerical household: marriage, property, and inheritance -- Mistrusting the Bishop: succession, stewardship, and sex in the Laurentian schism -- The household and the Bishop: authority, competition, and cooperation in the gesta martyrum.
9781139190688 (electronic bk.) 1139190687 (electronic bk.)
Popes--Primacy--History of doctrines--Early church, ca. 30-600.
Home economics.
Households--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Papacy--History--To 1309.
RELIGION / Christian Church / Leadership
RELIGION / Leadership
Italy--Church history.
Electronic books.
BX1805 / .S47 2012eb
262/.1309015
