Bishops in Flight: Exile and Displacement in Late Antiquity

224 Pages·2019·5.17 MB·English

by  Jennifer Barry

B I S H O P S
in F L I G H T
Exile and Displacement in Late Antiquity
JENNIFER BARRY

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Bishops in Flight
Exile and Displacement in Late Antiquity
Jennifer Barry
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1525/luminos.69
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data.
Names: Barry, Jennifer, 1982- author.
Title: Bishops in flight : exile and displacement in late antiquity /
Jennifer Barry.
Description: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2019] |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Identifiers: LCCN 2018047795 (print) | LCCN 2019012027 (ebook) | ISBN
9780520971806 () | ISBN 9780520300378 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subjects: LCSH: Bishops--Rome--History--Early church, ca. 30-600. |
Persecution--History--Early church, ca. 30-600. | Exiles--Rome-History. |
Exile (Punishment)--Rome. | Athanasius, Saint, Patriarch of Alexandria,
-373. | John Chrysostom, Saint, -407.
Classification: LCC BR1604.23 (ebook) | LCC BR1604.23 .B37 2019 (print) |
DDC 273/.4--dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018047795
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For Bernie (1990–2016)

Contents
Prologue xiii
Abbreviations xvii
Introduction 1
The Discourse of Flight 2
Explorations of Exile 5
Episcopal Exile 9
Models of Exile 11
Heresiology and Exile 17
Episcopal Exile and Displacement 22
Outline of Book 26
1. Athanasius of Alexandria in Flight 31
How to Construct a Model City: Alexandria 32
If These Walls Could Talk: Defense Before Constantius 37
A Wall-Less Desert: Defense of His Flight 44
A Model City without Walls: Life of Antony 49
Conclusion 54
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