Das Mönchtum in der Religionspolitik Kaiser Justinians I.
Subtitle: die Engel des Himmels und der Stellvertreter Gottes auf Erden
By: Alexandra Hasse-Ungeheuer
Series: Millennium-Studien zu Kultur und Geschichte des ersten Jahrtausends n. Chr -- Band 59 = -- Millennium studies in the culture and history of the first millennium C.E -- Volume 59
Publisher: De Gruyter
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Berlin
Language: ger
Number of pages: 386
ISBN-13: 9783110409437
Subjects: Politics and government; Monasticism and religious orders; History; Church history; Church and state
Description: "With his religious politics and his self-representation as the vicar of God on Earth, Justinian I (527-565) had an enduring impact on Late Antiquity. What part did monks, believed to be heavenly angels, play in promoting this notion? This book offers the first exhaustive investigation of Justinian's personal relations to monkhood and the role of monks in religious and legislative politics"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Einleitung; title: Präliminarien; title: Die Gesetzgebung Justinians zum Mönchtum; title: Fallstudien zur Rolle und Funktion von Mönchen bei der religiosen und politischen Agenda Justinians : Versuch einer systematischen Einordnung; title: Umgang Justinians mit Heiligen : Fallstudien zur monastischen Perspektive; title: Das Kaisertum Justinians zwischen Himmel und Erde.