Crisis management in late antiquity (410-590 CE) a survey of the evidence from episcopal letters
Pauline Allen and Bronwen Neil investigate crisis management as conducted by the increasingly important episcopal class in the 5th and 6th centuries. Their basic source is the neglected corpus of bishops' letters in Greek and Latin, the letter being the most significant mode of communication an...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill
2013.
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae ; 121. |
| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b35593970*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Chapter One. Crisis in Late Antiquity; Rationale; Defining ""Crisis"" in Late Antiquity; Overview of the Volume; Population Displacement; Natural Disasters; Religious Disputes; Violent Conflict; Social Abuses; Breakdown of the Structures of Dependence; Conclusion; Chapter Two. Studying Late-Antique Crisis Management Through Letters; Status Quaestionis; Using Letters as a Source; The Nature and Function of Letters; Terminology; The Question of Audience: Public or Private?; Hybrid Forms; Compilation of Letter-Collections; Epistolary Sources on Crisis.
- The Greek CorpusThe Latin Corpus; Chapter Three. Population Displacement; Introduction; Prisoners of War; Exile, Flight, Confinement; Asylum-Seekers and Refugees; Conclusion; Case-Studies of Exiles, Refugees and Asylum-Seekers; Case-Study 1. Nestorius, Patriarch of Constantinople (428-431); Case-Study 2. Fulgentius, Bishop of Ruspe (c. 468-533); Case-Study 3. Vigilius of Rome (531-555); Case-Study 4. Theodoret of Cyrrhus (423-c. 466); Case-Study 5. Severus of Antioch (512
- 518); Chapter Four. Natural Disasters; Introduction; Earthquakes; Food-Shortages and Famine; Epidemic Diseases.
- Silence of the SourcesConclusion; Case-Studies of Natural Disaster Management; Case-Study 1. Cyril of Alexandria (412-444); Case-Study 2. Theodoret of Cyrrhus (423-c. 466); Chapter Five. Religious Controversies and Violence; Introduction; Cyril and Nestorius: An Unfortunate Pairing; Eutyches: Letters Read and Not Read; Council of Ephesus II (449); The Tome of Leo; Chalcedon and Its Aftermath; The Acacian Schism; Western Heresies; Arianism; Pelagianism in North Africa, Italy and Gaul; Priscillianism in Spain; Donatism in North Africa; Review of Sixth-Century Christological Disputes.
- Council of Constantinople II (553)Conclusion; Case-Studies of Religious Conflict Management; Case-Study 1. After Chalcedon: The Codex Encyclius; Case-Study 2. The Patriarchates of Constantinople, Antioch and Alexandria 564-581; Chapter Six. Social Abuses; Introduction; Usury; Extortionate Taxation; Human Trafficking; Indentured Child Labour; Alienation of Church Property; Corruption, within the Church and without; Conclusion; Case-Studies of Social Abuse Management; Case-Study 1. Synesius of Cyrene (411-413); Case-Study 2. Gelasius of Rome (492-496)
- Chapter Seven. Breakdown in the Structures of DependenceIntroduction; Failure of the Roman Legal System; The Bishop's Court; Conclusion; Case-Studies of Breakdown of Structures of Dependence; Case-Study 1. Augustine of Hippo (395-430); Case-Study 2. Pelagius I of Rome (556-561); Conclusion; Evidence for Crisis Management in Episcopal Letters; Strategies of Crisis Management; Petitioning; Dogmatic Instruction; Discipline and Administration; Containment; Social Exclusion; Diplomatic Embassies; Synods and Councils; Proscription; Violent Coercion; Liturgical Responses; Material Aid.
