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BL
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711954
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b534143
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Norton, Peter,1956-
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| Title & Author
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Episcopal elections 250-600 : : hierarchy and popular will in late antiquity /\ Peter Norton
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| Publication Statement
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Oxford ;New York :: Oxford University Press,, 2007
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| Series Statement
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Oxford classical monographs
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| Page. NO
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1 online resource (xi, 271 pages)
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| ISBN
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9780191708701 (electronic bk.)
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9780199207473
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [260]-266) and index
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| Contents
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Legislation and theory -- The electorate : local communities and public disorder -- Imperial intervention -- Provinces and patriarchs : organizational structures -- The metropolitan system in the West -- The Eastern metropolitans -- Corruption, constraint, and nepotism -- Three disputed elections
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| Abstract
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Norton presents a refutation of the conventional view that after the adoption of Christianity by the Romans the locals lost their voice in the appointment of bishops. He argues that this right remained for some time, with consequences for our understanding of the administration of the later empire
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Bishops-- Appointment, call, and election-- History.
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Church history-- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
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Clergy-- Appointment, call, and election-- History.
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Election law (Canon law)
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| Dewey Classification
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262/.1213
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| LC Classification
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BV664.N67 2007eb
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| Added Entry
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Ohio Library and Information Network.
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