Hagiography in Byzantium: Literature, Social History and Cult (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781409430162)

Involving a vast number of texts, saintly heroes and authors, Byzantine hagiography stands out as a field of scholarly research highly rewarding for both the philologist and the historian. The studies reproduced in this volume cover a chronological range from late antiquity to the Paleologan era. They bring together annotated editions of specific texts and discussions of their contexts, complemented by comprehensive surveys of saintly and monastic cult. Having appeared over the last twenty years, they also illustrate and reflect upon the significant development and re-orientation which has marked the study of hagiography in recent decades.

Author: Stephanos Efthymiadis
ISBN-10: 1409430162
ISBN-13: 9781409430162
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 08/28/2011
Pages: 376
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.48lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.88d