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Project

Letters, Letter Collections and the Creation of Textual Authority during the Chalcedonian Controversies

Outputs and Outcomes

Code

01CD7523

Duration

01 January 2024 → 31 July 2024

Funding

Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund

Promotor

Lieve Van Hoof

Fellow

Marijke Kooijman

Research disciplines

Humanities and the arts
- Ancient history
- Religion and society
Social sciences
- Roman law

Keywords

legislation fifth century Eastern Roman Emperor Marcian Bishop Leo I of Rome Late Antiquity diplomacy Council of Chalcedon Church history

Project description

This project studies the letter collections of the Council of Chalcedon (451 AD) from a socio-legal and rhetorical perspective. It discloses the rhetorical strategies of these letters and the narrative of their collections, and analyzes their impact on imperial and ecclesiastical decision making processes before, during, and after Chalcedon.

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English

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