Hoppa till sidans huvudinnehåll

2 909 kr

Beställningsvara. Skickas inom 5-8 vardagar. Fri frakt för medlemmar vid köp för minst 249 kr.

There are saints in Orthodox Christian culture who overturn the conventional concept of sainthood. Their conduct may be unruly and salacious, they may blaspheme and even kill - yet, mysteriously, those around them treat them with even more reverence. Such saints are called 'holy fools'. In this pioneering study Sergey A. Ivanov examines the phenomenon of holy foolery from a cultural standpoint. He identifies its prerequisites and its development in religious thought, and traces the emergence of the first hagiographic texts describing these paradoxical saints. He describes the beginnings of holy foolery in Egyptian monasteries of the fifth century, followed by its high point in the cities of Byzantium, with an eventual decline in the twelfth to fourteenth centuries. He also compares the important Russian tradition of holy fools, which in some form has survived to this day.

Produktinformation

  • Utgivningsdatum2006-04-06
  • Mått146 x 223 x 32 mm
  • Vikt744 g
  • FormatInbunden
  • SpråkEngelska
  • SerieOxford Studies in Byzantium
  • Antal sidor496
  • FörlagOUP OXFORD
  • ISBN9780199272518
  • ÖversättareFranklin, Simon, Franklin, Simon (Clare College, University of Cambridge)

Tillhör följande kategorier

Hoppa över listan

Mer från samma serie

John Zonaras' Epitome of Histories

Theofili Kampianaki, University of Birmingham) Kampianaki, Theofili (Honorary Research Fellow at the School of History and Cultures, Honorary Research Fellow at the School of History and Cultures

Inbunden

1 549 kr

Homer the Rhetorician

Baukje van den Berg, Central European University) van den Berg, Baukje (Assistant Professor of Byzantine Studies, Baukje Van Den Berg, Baukje van den Berg

Inbunden

2 019 kr

The Letters of Psellos

Michael Jeffreys, Michael Jeffreys, Marc D. Lauxtermann, University of Sydney) Jeffreys, Michael (Professor Emeritus of Modern Greek, Professor Emeritus of Modern Greek, University of Oxford) Lauxtermann, Marc D. (Bywater and Sotheby Professor of Byzantine and Modern Greek Language and Literature, Bywater and Sotheby Professor of Byzantine and Modern Greek Language and Literature, Marc D Lauxtermann

Inbunden

3 079 kr

The Universal History of Stepʻanos Tarōnecʻi

Tim Greenwood, University of St Andrews) Greenwood, Tim (Senior Lecturer, Department of Medieval History, Senior Lecturer, Department of Medieval History, GREENWOOD, Greenwood

Inbunden

3 349 kr

Hoppa över listan

Du kanske också är intresserad av

The Chronicle of Morea

Teresa Shawcross, University of Cambridge) Shawcross, Teresa (Schulman Research Fellow in History, Trinity Hall, SHAWCROSS, Shawcross

Inbunden

4 239 kr

The Universal History of Stepʻanos Tarōnecʻi

Tim Greenwood, University of St Andrews) Greenwood, Tim (Senior Lecturer, Department of Medieval History, Senior Lecturer, Department of Medieval History, GREENWOOD, Greenwood

Inbunden

3 349 kr

Holy Sites Encircled

Vered Shalev-Hurvitz, University of Oxford) Shalev-Hurvitz, Vered (Researcher, Researcher

Inbunden

3 019 kr

Byzantines, Latins, and Turks in the Eastern Mediterranean World after 1150

Jonathan Harris, Catherine Holmes, Eugenia Russell, University of London) Harris, Jonathan (Reader in Byzantine History, Department of History, Royal Holloway, Oxford) Holmes, Catherine (Fellow and Praelector in Medieval History, University College, University of London) Russell, Eugenia (Visiting Lecturer, Royal Holloway

Inbunden

1 959 kr

The Trophies of the Martyrs

Galit Noga-Banai, Jerusalem) Noga-Banai, Galit (Teaching assistant in the Department of History of Art at the Hebrew University

Inbunden

3 889 kr