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The Popes and the Church of Rome in Late Antiquity book cover

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The Popes and the Church of Rome in Late Antiquity

By John Moorhead Copyright 2015
334 Pages
by Routledge

334 Pages
by Routledge

334 Pages
by Routledge
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In the past few decades there has been an explosion of interest in the period of late antiquity. Rather than being viewed within a paradigm of the fall of the Roman Empire, these centuries have come to be seen as a time of immense creativity and significance in western history. Popes and the Church of Rome in Late Antiquity places the history of the papacy in a broader context, by comparing... Read more

1. 440-498  2. 498-555  3. 555-604  4. 604-655  5. 554-701  6. 701-751

Biography

John Moorhead is McCaughey Professor of History in the School of History, Philosophy, Religion, and Classics at the University of Queensland, Australia. He is author of Gregory the Great (Routledge, 2005).

"...the grand sweep of the late antique Roman episcopate is here, told through the stories of individual popes moving through the changing landscape of Late Antiquity. The sources are mostly used wisely. The relative importance of each pope is considered. And broader themes of the history of Late Antiquity are not lost in individual stories. This volume, then, can be read with profit by scholars both of the church and of Late Antiquity. It will also be a welcome addition for teaching."

- Matthew Hoskin, Durham University, UK, Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2018

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