Holiness and power : : Constantinopolitan holy men and authority in the 5th century /

Holiness and power : : Constantinopolitan holy men and authority in the 5th century / / Rafal Kosiński.

The book examines the origins, development, and the role of the monastic movement in the capital of Byzantium. It was in the 5th century that a certain pattern of the functioning of monastic circles evolved within the specific framework of the ecclesiastical structures of Constantinople, which was a...

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Superior document:Millennium-Studien zu Kultur und Geschichte des ersten Jahrtausends n. Chr. = Millennium studies in the culture and history of the first millennium C.E., Volume 57
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Kosiński, Rafał,
Place / Publishing House:Berlin, Germany ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : De Gruyter,, 2016.
©2016
Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
Series:Millennium-Studien ; Volume 57.
Physical Description:1 online resource (284 p.)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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Table of Contents:
  • Front matter
  • Contents
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Maps
  • Introduction
  • The Holy Man in Late Antiquity
  • 1. Characteristics of the Source
  • 2. Analysis
  • 1. Characteristics of the Source
  • 2. Analysis
  • Digression: Messalian Tendencies in the VH and VAl
  • 1. Characteristics of the Source
  • 2. Analysis
  • 1. Characteristics of the Source
  • 2. Analysis
  • 1. Secular Authority
  • 2. Church Authority
  • 3. Charismatic Authority
  • Bibliography
  • Index of People
  • Index of Places

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