Eugenia Russell: St Demetrius of Thessalonica

Cover: 9783034301817 | St Demetrius of Thessalonica | Cult and Devotion in the Middle Ages

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Beschreibung

The cult of St Demetrius is of considerable age but it peaked with the emergence of his city, Thessalonica, as a prominent political and cultural centre in late Byzantium. This book examines the intensification of his popularity and veneration in the late Middle Ages and his impact on contemporary thought and ritual. The encomia written in the saint's honour are significant historical and literary monuments and in their suggestiveness and beauty they are on a level with many better-known works in medieval Greek. Indeed, the encomia have added historical interest because of the prominence of those who wrote them. The likes of Nicholas Kavasilas, Gregory Palamas, Constantine Harmenopoulos and Symeon of Thessalonica were the elite of late Byzantium in intellect and personal influence, while Nikephoros Gregoras was perhaps the finest of Byzantine minds. With their clear links to individual authors, the encomia on St Demetrius present opportunities to the historian and the literary critic, which are fully explored in this book, the first to give them sustained scholarly attention.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents: Cult and devotion in late Byzantine Thessalonica - Intertextuality in the encomia - Convention and originality: the athlete of Christ - Internal literary evidence for the festival of the saint - Signs of the times: responses to contemporary life - Aftermath - Responses to the fall of Thessalonica in 1430 by John Anagnostes in his Narration and Monody.

Details

Genre:	Geschichte
Jahrhundert:	Mittelalter
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
ISBN-13:	9783034301817
ISBN-10:	3034301812
Sprache:	Englisch
Herstellernummer:	430181
Autor:	Russell, Eugenia
Hersteller:	Peter Lang
Maße:	11 x 150 x 225 mm
Von/Mit:	Eugenia Russell
Gewicht:	0,31 kg

Artikel-ID: 103937638

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Details

Genre:	Geschichte
Jahrhundert:	Mittelalter
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
ISBN-13:	9783034301817
ISBN-10:	3034301812
Sprache:	Englisch
Herstellernummer:	430181
Autor:	Russell, Eugenia
Hersteller:	Peter Lang
Maße:	11 x 150 x 225 mm
Von/Mit:	Eugenia Russell
Gewicht:	0,31 kg