RT Book T1 Das Mönchtum in der Religionspolitik Kaiser Justinians I: die Engel des Himmels und der Stellvertreter Gottes auf Erden T2 Millennium-Studien / Millennium Studies A1 Hasse-Ungeheuer, Alexandra LA German PP Berlin u. a. PB De Gruyter YR 2016 UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/828581991 AB With his religious politics and his self-representation as the vicar of God on Earth, Justinian I (527-565) had an enduring impact on Late Antiquity. What part did monks, believed to be heavenly angels, play in promoting this notion? This book offers the first exhaustive investigation of Justinian's personal relations to monkhood and the role of monks in religious and legislative politics. Alexandra Hasse-Ungeheuer, Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz. NO Description based upon print version of record SN 9783110411362 SN 9783110411386 K1 Byzantine Empire--Politics and government--527-1081 K1 Electronic books