An age of saints? : power, conflict, and dissent in early medieval Christianity / edited by Peter Sarris, Matthew Dal Santo, Phil Booth.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sarris, Peter.

Dal Santo, Matthew.

Booth, Phil (Philip)

Series:

Brill's series on the early Middle Ages ; v. 20.

Brill's series on the early Middle Ages, 1878-4879 ; v. 20

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christian sociology--History--Early church, ca. 30-600--Congresses.

Christian sociology.

Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600--Congresses.

Church history.

Christian sociology--History--Middle Ages, 600-1500--Congresses.

Church history--Middle Ages, 600-1500--Congresses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (240 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The papers collected in this volume explore the strategies through which Christian authorities throughout the early medieval world both established and expressed their social position, while at the same time drawing attention to the moments when those same processes were resisted and challenged. Where previous studies of Christianisation have for the most part approached the issue of dissent through the continued existence of paganism and the various Christian heresies, this volume suggests that the experience of doubt towards, and articulation of resistance to, the claims of Christian leaders extended far outside the circles of pagan intellectuals and dissident theologians. The result is a view of Christianisation as far more piecemeal, complex and incomplete than has often been acknowledged. Contributors include Peter Turner, Peter Kritzinger, Collin Garbarino, Philip Wood, Ralph Lee, Richard Payne, Mike Humphreys, Giorgia Vocino, and Gerda Heydemann.

Contents:

Preliminary material / Peter Sarris , Matthew Dal Santo and Phil Booth

RESTLESS PEASANTS AND SCORNFUL LORDS: LAY HOSTILITY TO HOLY MEN AND THE CHURCH IN LATE ANTIQUITY AND THE EARLY MIDDLE AGES / Peter Sarris

METHODOLOGY, AUTHORITY, AND SPONTANEITY: SOURCES OF SPIRITUAL TRUTHFULNESS IN LATE ANTIQUE TEXTS AND LIFE / Peter Turner

THE CULT OF THE SAINTS AND RELIGIOUS PROCESSIONS IN LATE ANTIQUITY AND THE EARLY MIDDLE AGES / Peter Kritzinger

AUGUSTINE, DONATISTS AND MARTYRDOM / Collin Garbarino

EXCLUDED FROM POWER? THE BOUNDARIES OF ORTHODOXY IN THE WORKS OF ATHANASIUS AND JOHN OF EPHESUS / Philip Wood

THE CONVERSION OF KING CALEB AND THE RELIGIOUS AND POLITICAL DYNAMICS OF SIXTH-CENTURY ETHIOPIA AND SOUTHERN ARABIA / Ralph Lee

THE EMERGENCE OF MARTYRS’ SHRINES IN LATE ANTIQUE IRAN: CONFLICT, CONSENSUS, AND COMMUNAL INSTITUTIONS / Richard Payne

ORTHODOX AND HERETIC IN THE EARLY BYZANTINE CULT(S) OF SAINTS COSMAS AND DAMIAN / Phil Booth

THE GOD-PROTECTED EMPIRE? SCEPTICISM TOWARDS THE CULT OF SAINTS IN EARLY BYZANTIUM / Matthew Dal Santo

IMAGES OF AUTHORITY? IMPERIAL PATRONAGE OF ICONS FROM JUSTINIAN II TO LEO III / Mike Humphreys

HAGIOGRAPHY AS AN INSTRUMENT FOR POLITICAL CLAIMS IN CAROLINGIAN NORTHERN ITALY: THE SAINT SYRUS DOSSIER (BHL 7976 AND 7978) / Giorgia Vocino

RELICS AND TEXTS: HAGIOGRAPHY AND AUTHORITY IN NINTH-CENTURY FRANCIA / Gerda Heydemann

CONCLUSION: AN AGE OF SAINTS? POWER, CONFLICT AND DISSENT IN EARLY MEDIEVAL CHRISTIANITY / Matthew Dal Santo and Phil Booth

SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY / Peter Sarris , Matthew Dal Santo and Phil Booth

INDEX / Peter Sarris , Matthew Dal Santo and Phil Booth.

Notes:

Based on a symposium held at Trinity College, Cambridge.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-16183-4

9786613161833

90-04-20659-0

OCLC:

743693809

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004206601.i-224 DOI