List of Contributors

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Table of Contents V
3. Abbreviations VII
4. Introduction 1
5. Part 1: The Ties That Bind
6. Episcopal Nepotism in the Later Roman Empire (c. 350–450) 19
7. A New Approach to Ambrose of Milan’s Kinship 43
8. Influential Friends? Augustine’s Episcopal Networks 63
9. The Authority of a ‘Quasi-Bishop:’ Patronage and Networks in the Letters of Isidore of Pelusium 83
10. Patronage Networks in the Festal Letters of Athanasius of Alexandria 101
11. Bishops as Religious Mentors: Spiritual Education and Pastoral Care 117
12. Crossing the Boundaries: Networks and Manifestations of Christian Hospitality 149
13. Niceta of Remesiana’s Visits to Nola: Between Sacred Travel and Political Mission 179
14. Part 2: Episcopal Networks in Context
15. The Impact of the Laurentian Schism on Ennodius of Pavia’s Participation in Episcopal Networks 207
16. Building and Breaking Episcopal Networks in Late Antique Hispania 227
17. Macedonius, Constantius and the Changing Dynamics of Power 249
18. Caring for African Confessors in Exile: The Ministry of Numeria and Candida during the Decian Persecution (Cyprian, Epistulae 21–22) 267
19. The Impact of Geographical and Administrative Boundaries on Late Antique Bishops 295
20. Bishops and Mission Beyond the Frontiers: From Gothia to Nubia 313
21. List of Contributors 339
22. Index of Authors and Texts 343
23. Index of Ancient Places 357
24. Index of Modern Authors 361