Wisdom's House, Heaven's Gate | Buch

Cover: 9783031352621 | Wisdom's House, Heaven's Gate | Teresa Shawcross | Buch | xxxv | 2024

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Beschreibung

Taking as its starting point an investigation into the physical topography and symbolism of the two cities of Athens and Jerusalem, this book offers a cultural history of the rival superpowers¿the Byzantine Empire and Fatimid Caliphate¿that between them dominated the Mediterranean world during the Central Middle Ages. It shows that the destruction of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem on the orders of al-Hakim punctuated a century of heightened interaction resulting from changing patterns of warfare, trade and pilgrimage. Resettlement of both Christians and Muslims from Syria-Palestine in Asia Minor and the Balkans introduced these migrants¿ host culture to new forms of religious and artistic expression. In Hellas, a flurry of building projects reinvented Athens as a New Jerusalem and the Parthenon as a New Temple. The Acropolis became famous for its miraculous lamp and elaborate liturgy. The clergy who performed the sacred mysteries justified them with reference to concepts of hierarchy, illumination and divinisation. These concepts were derived from a philosophical tradition over whose ownership the two superpowers competed. The resulting political theology was the creation of male intellectuals, but female patrons and worshippers also had an impact.

Über den Autor

Teresa Shawcross is Associate Professor of History and Hellenic Studies at Princeton University, USA and a Senior Member of Robinson College, University of Cambridge, UK. She has previously published The Chronicle of Morea: Historiography in Crusader Greece and Reading in the Byzantine Empire and Beyond.

Zusammenfassung

Offers the first cultural and intellectual history of the entanglement of the Byzantine Empire and the Fatimid Caliphate

Poses nuanced discussions of the symbolism of ancient Athens and Jerusalem outside western Europe during the Middle Ages

Gives an in-depth analysis of textual, artistic and archaeological evidence from different social and gendered contexts

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1. Introduction: Reframing the Question of Athens and Jerusalem.- Chapter 2. The Parthenon from Temple to Church.- Chapter 3. A Miracle of Heavenly Fire.- Chapter 4. The Relocation of Jerusalem.- Chapter 5. The Light of Hellenism in Empire and Caliphate.- Chapter 6. Wisdom: Lady of the Temple, Lady of the Red Thread.- Chapter 7. Conclusion: The City on a Hill.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2024
Fachbereich:	Regionalgeschichte
Genre:	Geisteswissenschaften , Geschichte , Kunst , Musik
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Buch
Inhalt:	xxxv 479 S. 11 s/w Illustr. 62 farbige Illustr. 479 p. 73 illus. 62 illus. in color.
ISBN-13:	9783031352621
ISBN-10:	3031352629
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Gebunden
Autor:	Shawcross, Teresa
Hersteller:	Springer Nature Switzerland Springer International Publishing AG
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, D-69121 Heidelberg, juergen.hartmann@springer.com
Maße:	216 x 153 x 33 mm
Von/Mit:	Teresa Shawcross
Erscheinungsdatum:	15.09.2024
Gewicht:	0,773 kg

Artikel-ID: 126910972