Holiness and Power
Constantinopolitan Holy Men and Authority in 5th Century
The book examines the origins, development, and the role of the monastic movement in the capital of Byzantium. It was in the 5th century that a certain pattern of the functioning of monastic circles evolved within the specific framework of the ecclesiastical structures of Constantinople, which was a political and ecclesiastical centre of the Eastern Roman Empire. The bulk of the book is devoted to an analysis of the written accounts of the lives of the four Constantinopolitan holy men: Hypatios, Alexander Akoimetos, Daniel the Stylite, and Markellos Akoimetos. The analysis proves that the model of relationship between the holy man and the sec…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-3-11-041707-4
- EAN: 9783110417074
- Produktnummer: 17966292
- Verlag: Gruyter, Walter de GmbH
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
- Seitenangabe: 270 S.
- Masse: H24.5 cm x B18.2 cm x D1.9 cm 606 g
- Abbildungen: 2 Kte.
- Reihenbandnummer: 57
- Gewicht: 606
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Rafal Kosinski, University of Bialystok, Poland.
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