Episcopal Networks in Late Antiquity
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Episcopal Networks in Late Antiquity

Connection and Communication Across Boundaries

Herausgegeben: Cvetkovic, Carmen Angela; Gemeinhardt, Peter
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Recent studies on the development of early Christianity emphasize the fragmentation of the late ancient world while paying less attention to a distinctive feature of the Christianity of this time which is its inter-connectivity. Both local and trans-regional networks of interaction contributed to the expansion of Christianity in this age of fragmentation. This volume investigates a specific aspect of this inter-connectivity in the area of the Mediterranean by focusing on the formation and operation of episcopal networks.The rise of the bishop as a major figure of authority resulted in an incre...