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The centuries between the reigns of the emperors Constantine and Justinian were a period of great expansion for the church. My dissertation is unusual among the many studies of the church in this period in that it focuses on the economic dimension of this expansion—it seeks to e…

The rise in production and distribution of Christian Hagiography in the Early Byzantine Empire points towards a unique moment in Christian History. The role of the saint was moved from the margins to a central and dynamic position within the church hierarchy and broader religiou…

The primary aim of this thesis is to examine the construction and re-construction of churches and their ancillary structures such as baptisteries, pilgrim accommodations, and cemeteries in Byzantine imperial rhetoric and in a select number of North African cities: Carthage, Sabr…