De Gaulle, the Napoleonic myth, and the consecration of the republican tradition consular by Hazareesingh, S

Towards the Coptic Church: The making of the Severan Episcopate by Booth, P

“…Updating the classic account of Jean Maspero in the light of more recent publications, it first examines the rapid decline of the Severan episcopate in the period after the Alexandrian patriarch Theodosius’ exile (536), and the intense competition to replace him in the period between his death (566) and the consecration of Peter (575). Exploiting a wide range of evidence related to a new episcopate then created under Peter and his successor Damian, this article then examines the presence of certain Severan bishops in rural monasteries, and the creation of an unprecedented office, the patriarchal vicarate, in the context of the competition created through the creation of a raft of rival sees. …”

The first Norman cathedral in Palermo. Robert Guiscard's Church of the Most Holy Mother of God by Longo, R, Johns, J

“…Though transformed yet again in the neo-classical style in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, the church that stands today is unanimously considered to be that rebuilt by Archbishop Walter ii Protofamiliarios and consecrated in 1185. A critical and detailed analysis of near-contemporary sources for the conquest of Palermo and the conversion of the mosque into a church under the patronage of the Norman duke, Robert Guiscard, sheds new light on this fascinating palimpsest of a building. …”

The church of San Marco in the eleventh century by Ene Draghici-Vasilescu, E

“…In 1084 the most important of the few consecrations of St Mark’s church in Venice – that which solemnized the completion of its largest altar – took place. …”

The social worth of scribes: Brahmins, Kāyasthas and the social order in early modern India by O'Hanlon, R

“…These tensions came together during the royal consecration in 1674 of the Maratha warrior leader Sivaji. …”