kingship and the divine in late antiquity and the early Middle Ages (to 1050) Oakley, Francis. creator text bibliography ctu New Haven [Conn.] Yale University Press c2010 2010 monographic eng

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xiii, 306 p. 25 cm. Prologomenon: the cosmic kingship in Mediterranean antiquity. Historical orientation: Hellenic, Hellenistic, Hebraic, and roman antiquity ; Ancient affections: the archaic pattern of royal sacrality and the Hellenistic legacy ; Abrahamic departures: the Hebraic and Christian contribution -- The long twilight of the sacral kingship in Greek and Latin Christendom (c. 300-c.1050). Historical orientation: the heirs of Rome ; Patristic affirmation: the Greek fathers and the Eusebian tradition in Christian Rome, Byzantium, and Russia ; Patristic reservation: the Latin fathers from Tertullain to Augustine ; The early Medieval west (i): sacral kingship in the Germanic successor kingdoms ; The early Medieval west (ii): fidelity, consent, and the emergence of "feudal" institutions -- The early Medieval west (iii): the clerical order and the rise of the papal monarchy. Francis Oakley. Includes bibliographical references and index. e------ Kings and rulers History To 1500 Middle Ages Church and state Europe History To 1500 JC375 .O34 2010 321.6 O117e 9780300155389 (cloth : alk. paper) 0300155387 (cloth : alk. paper) 2009032624 DLC 120919 20160527190232.0 310124