Social networks in the rise of episcopal power in late antiquity : the case of Martin of Tours

The purpose of this thesis is to analyze the case of Martin of Tours to understand the process of the rise of episcopal power during the fourth century in Gaul. A traditional understanding of this process considers that episcopal power had a significant change in nature when aristocrats took over...

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Main Author: Fernandez, Damian Martin
Language:English
Published: 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/14455