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  • Brother-Making in Late Antiquity and Byzantium

    Monks, Laymen, and Christian Ritual

    by Claudia Rapp ...
    Series series Onassis Series in Hellenic Culture
    Among medieval Christian societies, Byzantium is unique in preserving an ecclesiastical ritual of adelphopoiesis, which pronounces two men, not related by birth, as brothers for life. It has its origin as a spiritual blessing in the monastic world of late antiquity, and it becomes a popular social networking strategy among lay people from the ninth century onwards, even finding application in ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • The City in the Classical and Post-Classical World

    Changing Contexts of Power and Identity

    Edited by Claudia Rapp, H. A. Drake ...
    This volume examines the evolving role of the city and citizenship from classical Athens through fifth-century Rome and medieval Byzantium. Beginning in the first century CE, the universal claims of Hellenistic and Roman imperialism began to be challenged by the growing role of Christianity in shaping the primary allegiances and identities of citizens. An international team of scholars considers ... Read more

    $109.09 USD

  • Holy Bishops in Late Antiquity

    The Nature of Christian Leadership in an Age of Transition

    by Claudia Rapp ...
    Series Book 37 - Transformation of the Classical Heritage
    Between 300 and 600, Christianity experienced a momentous change from persecuted cult to state religion. One of the consequences of this shift was the evolution of the role of the bishop—as the highest Church official in his city—from model Christian to model citizen. Claudia Rapp's exceptionally learned, innovative, and groundbreaking work traces this transition with a twofold aim: to deemphasize ... Read more

    $31.49 USD