The formation of papal authority in late antique Italy Roman bishops and the domestic sphere - Sessa, Kristina (New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012)
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.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Keywords: Popes -- Primacy -- History of doctrines -- Early church, ca. 30-600.; Home economics; Households -- Religious aspects -- Christianity; Italy -- Church history; Papacy -- History -- To 1309.; RELIGION / Christian Church / Leadership; RELIGION / Leadership; Electronic books