Canonizing Episcopal 'Naughtiness': Negative Depictions of Bishops and the Bishopric in Late Antique and Medieval Hagiography
The purpose of this thesis is to explore the nuances and implications of the negative portrayals of bishops and the bishopric in late antique and medieval Catholic hagiography. I will consider how and why members of the episcopacy were painted so negatively, and how hagiographers got away with drawi...
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Scholarship @ Claremont
2014
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| Online Access: | http://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/477 http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1484&context=scripps_theses |