medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Dear All-
I am venturing forth to ask a question regarding the current view of the
spread of christianity in the third century. I know the older view is
that it was a "slave" religion and that it appealed to the poor,
disenfranchised, and artisnal classes in the Roman Empire, but I seem to
think that more recent views have rejected this in favor of understanding
the importance of more well-to-do people, particularly women. Here I
am in part thinking of P. Brown's second chapter in his *cult of the
saints* where he understands the control of relics within the context of
what I believe he calls "competing patronage systems".
Could anyone with more familiarity with the third and fourth century shed
some light?
Many thanks
Cecilia Gaposchkin
Dartmouth College
History
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