Crisis of Empire: Doctrine and Dissent at the End of Late Antiquity 9780520956582

Table of contents :
CONTENTS
Preface
Abbreviations
Introduction
1. Toward the Sacramental Saint
2. Sophronius and the Miracles
3. Moschus and the Meadow
4. Maximus and the Mystagogy
5. The Making of the Monenergist Crisis
6. Jerusalem and Rome at the Dawn of the Caliphate
7. Rebellion and Retribution
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index

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