Peter Norton covers a topic of great relevance to students of early Church history and late antiquity alike. He challenges the conventional view that after the adoption of Christianity by the Roman empire the local community lost its voice in the appointment of bishops, and argues that this right remained in theory and practice for longer than is normally assumed. Given that bishops became important to the running of the empire at the local level, a proper understanding of how they came into office is essential for our understanding of the later empire.
| ISBN: | 9780199207473 |
| Publication date: | 22nd February 2007 |
| Author: | Peter Teacher at the Dragon School, Oxford Norton |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 288 pages |
| Series: | Oxford Classical Monographs |
| Genres: |
Ancient history European history Christianity Religious and spiritual figures |