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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Powell, Joshua

Titel

Justinian's indecision : how social networks shaped imperial policy

Ist Teil von

• Gorgias studies in classical and late antiquity : 28 (Alle Bände)

Ort / Verlag

Piscataway, NJ : Gorgias Press

Erscheinungsjahr

[2020]

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Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Revision of the author's thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Kentucky, 2017, under the title: The personal and social context of Justinianic religious policy prior to the Three Chapters controversy
• Resolving the Acacian schism -- The deacon Diascorus and the power of position -- The court's anti-Chalcedonians -- Heretics, living or dead -- To loose and to double bind -- Conclusion. Justinian's decision
• "Since the time of Eduard Schwartz, scholars have tended to treat ecclesiastical policy under the influence of Justinian as inconsistent and even capricious. This book argues that such an image of Justinian, although seeming to provide a coherent narrative concerning the emperor's character, falls apart when the details are scrutinized"--