Late Antiquity witnessed a major transformation in the authority and power of the Episcopate within the Church, with the result that bishops came to embody the

The role of the bishops in Late Antiquity is examined and analysed by an important and international cast of contributors.

Between 300 and 600, Christianity experienced a momentous change from persecuted cult to state religion. One of the consequences of this shift was the evolution

The essays in this volume examine the bishop of Rome in late antiquity from the time of Constantine in the fourth century to the death of Gregory the Great in t

Recent studies on the development of early Christianity emphasize the fragmentation of the late ancient world while paying less attention to a distinctive featu