| Constantinople: Ritual, Violence, and Memory in the Making of a Christian Imperial Capital Subjects: Christianity and other religions -- Roman -- Political aspects; Christianity and culture -- History -- Early Church ca. 30-600; Istanbul (Turkey) -- History -- To 1453 -- Religious aspects; As Christian spaces and agents assumed prominent positions in civic life, the end of the long span of the fourth century was marked by large-scale religious change. Churches had overtaken once-thriving pagan temples, old civic priesthoods were replaced by prominent bishops, and the rituals of the city were directed toward the Christian God. Such changes were particularly pronounced in the newly established city of Constantinople, where elites from various groups contended to control civic and imperial religion. Falcasantos Rebecca Stephens : Rebecca Stephens Falcasantos is Assistant Professor of Religion at Amherst College. Her research focuses on the intersection of religious practices, rhetoric, and contestations over cultural dominance in the late Roman East. |