Religion, Dynasty, and Patronage in Early Christian Rome, 300-900 (Hardcover)

Introduction Kate Cooper and Julia Hillner; Part I. Icons of Authority: Pope and Emperor: 1. From Emperor to Pope? Ceremonial, space, and authority at Rome from Constantine to Gregory the Great Mark Humphries; 2. Memory and authority in sixth century Rome: the Liber Pontificalis and the Collectio Avellana Kate Blair-Dixon; Part II. Lay, Clerical, and Ascetic Contexts for the Roman GESTA MARTYRUM: 3. Domestic conversions: households and bishops in the late antique 'Papal legends' Kristina Sessa; 4. Agnes and Constantia: domesticity and cult patronage in the Passion of Agnes Hannah Jones; 5. 'A church in the house of the saints': property and power in the Passion of John and Paul Conrad Leyser; Part III. Religion, Dynasty, and Patronage: 6. Poverty, obligation, and inheritance: Roman heiresses and the varieties of senatorial Christianity in fifth-century Rome Kate Cooper; 7. Demetrias ancilla dei: Anicia Demetrias and the problem of the missing patron Anne Kurdock; 8. Families, patronage and the titular churches of Rome, c.300?c.600 Julia Hillner; 9. To be the neighbour of St Stephen: patronage, martyr cult, and Roman monasteries, c.600?c.900 Marios Costambeys and Conrad Leyser.