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OverviewWhen the bishop Hydatius found himself held hostage in Gallaecia, a Roman province in the northwestern Iberian Peninsula, by a band of Sueves in the year 460, he deployed his experience as an ambassador for his congregation and used his captivity as a tool for negotiating peace. As this example shows, bishops held considerable economic, political, and social power in the early Middle Ages. The expansion of ecclesiastical influence was not, however, a simple consequence of the legalization of Christianity or a power vacuum that followed the withdrawal of imperial authority. The transformation of the episcopate resulted instead from dynamic processes to which all status groups contributed and that are best understood through contextual and diachronic analysis. This monograph focuses on the clerical community in Gallaecia and employs a case study and interdisciplinary approach, incorporating written and material evidence, to put bishops like Hydatius in their larger social and economic contexts to elucidate why the people living and working in their sees would imbue them with increasing authority and explain how their roles within their local communities expanded. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Rebecca DevlinPublisher: Amsterdam University Press Imprint: Amsterdam University Press ISBN: 9789463729154ISBN 10: 9463729151 Pages: 488 Publication Date: 02 July 2024 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Forthcoming Availability: Not yet available  This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon its release. Table of ContentsList of Abbreviations and Preliminary Notes Acknowledgements 1 Introduction: The Clerical Communities of Late Roman Gallaecia Part 1 2 Symphosius and his Community: Asturicensis in the Late Fourth Century 3 Exuperantius, Ortigius and the Clerical Community of Lucensis in the Late Fourth Century 4 Paternus and his Community: Braga in the Late Fourth Century Part 2 5 Travel, Trade and Theological Debates: Orosius and the Clerical and Lay Christian Community of Braga 6 Hydatius and the Clerical Community of Gallaecia: Conflict, Chaos and the Culmination of Episcopal Authority in Society 7 Conclusion: From Symphosius of Astorga to Hydatius of Aquae Flaviae and Beyond Appendix Bibliography IndexReviewsAuthor InformationDr. Devlin is an Assistant Professor (Term) of History at the University of Louisville. She has published on regional and long-distance networks and the familial, social and economic contexts of clerical communities during the Suevic and Visigothic Kingdoms. Her current project explores servi and liberti ecclesiae in the context of late antique global commerce. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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