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Author Booth, Phil, 1981-

Title Crisis of empire : doctrine and dissent at the end of late antiquity / Phil Booth.

Publication Info. Berkeley, California : University of California Press, 2014.

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Description 1 online resource (412 pages)
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Series Transformation of the classical heritage ; LII
Transformation of the classical heritage ; 52.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary "This book focuses on the attempts of three ascetics-John Moschus, Sophronius of Jerusalem, and Maximus Confessor-to determine the Church's power and place during a period of profound crisis, as the eastern Roman empire suffered serious reversals in the face of Persian and then Islamic expansion. By asserting visions which reconciled long-standing intellectual tensions between asceticism and Church, these authors established the framework for their subsequent emergence as Constantinople's most vociferous religious critics, their alliance with the Roman popes, and their radical rejection of imperial interference in matters of the faith. Situated within the broader religious currents of the fourth to seventh centuries, this book throws new light on the nature not only of the holy man in late antiquity, but also of the Byzantine Orthodoxy that would emerge in the Middle Ages, and which is still central to the churches of Greece and Eastern Europe"-- Provided by publisher.
Note Description based on print version record.
Subject Moschus, John, approximately 550-619.
Sophronius, Saint, Patriarch of Jerusalem, approximately 560-approximately 638.
Maximus, Confessor, Saint, approximately 580-662.
Church history -- 7th century.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Booth, Phil. Crisis of empire : doctrine and dissent at the end of late antiquity. Berkeley, California : University of California Press, 2014 xv, 393 pages Transformation of the classical heritage ; LII 9780520280427 (DLC) 2013011399
ISBN 9780520280427 (hardback)
9780520956582 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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