Mary Sommar has taught ancient and medieval history for the past twenty years, most of them at Millersville University in Pennsylvania. She also spent two years as a visiting scholar at the Stephan Kuttner Institute for Medieval Canon Law in Munich, Germany and a year as a Visiting Fellow at Yale University.

The Slaves of the Churches is recommended for anyone interested in the subject. It is well-written, informative, and invites further inquiries on a subject that, sadly, has lost none of its relevance in modern times.

• AcknowledgmentsAbbreviations 1: Introduction2: The New Testament and Slavery3: Slavery in the Early Church4: Slavery in the Imperial Church 5: Ecclesiastical Slavery in the Germanic Kingdoms6: Carolingians and Ecclesiastical Servitude Ecclesiastical Slavery in the British Isles7: The Classical Canon Law8: The Slaves of the Churches: Conclusions Latin LexiconAppendix

Mary Sommar has taught ancient and medieval history for the past twenty years, most of them at Millersville University in Pennsylvania. She also spent two years as a visiting scholar at the Stephan Kuttner Institute for Medieval Canon Law in Munich, Germany and a year as a Visiting Fellow at Yale University.

The Slaves of the Churches is recommended for anyone interested in the subject. It is well-written, informative, and invites further inquiries on a subject that, sadly, has lost none of its relevance in modern times.

• AcknowledgmentsAbbreviations 1: Introduction2: The New Testament and Slavery3: Slavery in the Early Church4: Slavery in the Imperial Church 5: Ecclesiastical Slavery in the Germanic Kingdoms6: Carolingians and Ecclesiastical Servitude Ecclesiastical Slavery in the British Isles7: The Classical Canon Law8: The Slaves of the Churches: Conclusions Latin LexiconAppendix

Mary Sommar has taught ancient and medieval history for the past twenty years, most of them at Millersville University in Pennsylvania. She also spent two years as a visiting scholar at the Stephan Kuttner Institute for Medieval Canon Law in Munich, Germany and a year as a Visiting Fellow at Yale University.

The Slaves of the Churches is recommended for anyone interested in the subject. It is well-written, informative, and invites further inquiries on a subject that, sadly, has lost none of its relevance in modern times.

• AcknowledgmentsAbbreviations 1: Introduction2: The New Testament and Slavery3: Slavery in the Early Church4: Slavery in the Imperial Church 5: Ecclesiastical Slavery in the Germanic Kingdoms6: Carolingians and Ecclesiastical Servitude Ecclesiastical Slavery in the British Isles7: The Classical Canon Law8: The Slaves of the Churches: Conclusions Latin LexiconAppendix