Sessa, Kristina. <br/><br/>
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. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781139190688 (electronic bk.) 1139190687 (electronic bk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Popes--Primacy--History of doctrines--Early church, ca. 30-600.<br/>Home economics.<br/>Households--Religious aspects--Christianity.<br/>Papacy--History--To 1309.<br/>RELIGION / Christian Church / Leadership<br/>RELIGION / Leadership
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Italy--Church history.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BX1805  / .S47 2012eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>262/.1309015