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 An Age of Saints?: Power, Conflict and Dissent in Early Medieval Christianity

Contents

• • Preliminary Material (i-xvi)   (574K)
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    • Contents
    • Acknowledgements
    • List Of Abbreviations
    • Notes On Contributors
    • Preface
  • Restless Peasants And Scornful Lords: Lay Hostility To Holy Men And The Church In Late Antiquity And The Early Middle Ages (1-10) by Peter Sarris   (476K)
  • Methodology, Authority And Spontaneity: Sources Of Spiritual Truthfulness In Late Antique Texts And Life (11-35) by Peter Turner   (586K)
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    • Introduction: Literal Truthfulness In Religious Writing
    • Methodology And Authority: Theodoret’s Religious History
    • Marinus’ Life Of Proclus And The ‘Spontaneity Principle’
    • First-Person Writing And Religious Experience: Julian And Augustine
    • A Spiritual Lifestyle? Augustine At Cassiciacum And Beyond
    • Conclusion: Text And Life
  • The Cult Of Saints And Religious Processions In Late Antiquity And The Early Middle Ages (36-48) by Peter Kritzinger   (552K)
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    • Introduction
    • Previous History
    • Relic Translation And Triumph Parade
    • Conclusion
  • Augustine, Donatists And Martyrdom (49-61) by Collin Garbarino   (482K)
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    • Martyrdom As Witness
    • Voluntary Martyrdom Condemned
    • Cause Of Martyrdom Versus The Martyrs’ Sufferings
    • The Church’s Martyrs Versus The Martyrs’ Church
    • Conclusion
  • Excluded From Power? The Boundaries Of Orthodoxy In The Works Of Athanasius And John Of Ephesus (62-76) by Philip Wood   (493K)
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    • Churches Of The Martyrs
    • Athanasius And Egypt
    • Mesopotamia
    • Conclusions
  • The Conversion Of King Caleb And The Religious And Political Dynamics Of Sixth-Century Ethiopia And Southern Arabia (77-88) by Ralph Lee   (485K)
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    • Introduction
    • The Coming Of Christianity To Ethiopia
    • King Caleb: His Hagiography And The Kebra Nagast
    • King Caleb And The Himyarites
    • Conclusion
  • The Emergence Of Martyrs’ Shrines In Late Antique Iran: Conflict, Consensus And Communal Institutions (89-113) by Richard Payne   (534K)
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    • Martyrologies And Communities
    • The Martyrs In An Iranian Society
    • Monks, Bishops, And The Diffusion Of Cults In The Fifth Century
    • The ‘Friend Of Christ’: Elite Patrons Of Late Sasanian Martyrs’ Shrines
    • Shrines And Aristocratic Residences In Northern Mesopotamia
    • Contestations Of Communal Leadership In The Sixth Century
    • Conclusion
  • Orthodox And Heretic In The Early Byzantine Cult(S) Of Saints Cosmas And Damian (114-128) by Phil Booth   (498K)
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    • Introduction
    • Orthodox And Heretic
    • The Imperial Saints
  • The God-Protected Empire? Scepticism Towards The Cult Of Saints In Early Byzantium (129-149) by Matthew Dal Santo   (583K)
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    • The Saints’ Post-Mortem Activity
    • The Wider Implications Of Scepticism Towards The Saints
    • Conclusion
  • Images Of Authority? Imperial Patronage Of Icons From Justinian II To Leo III (150-168) by Mike Humphreys   (579K)
  • Hagiography As An Instrument For Political Claims In Carolingian Northern Italy: The Saint Syrus Dossier (BHL 7976 And 7978) (169-186) by Giorgia Vocino   (508K)
  • Relics And Texts: Hagiography And Authority In Ninth-Century Francia (187-204) by Gerda Heydemann   (506K)
  • Conclusion: An Age Of Saints? Power, Conflict And Dissent In Early Medieval Christianity (205-214) by Matthew Dal Santo and Phil Booth   (474K)
  • Select Bibliography (215-218)   (456K)
  • Index (219-224)   (462K)