For an entire millennium, Byzantine hagiography, inspired by the veneration of many saints, exhibited literary dynamism and a capacity to vary its basic forms. The subgenres into which it branched out after its remarkable start in the fourth century underwent alternating phases of development and decline that were intertwined with changes in the po
For an entire millennium, Byzantine hagiography, inspired by the veneration of many saints, exhibited literary dynamism and a capacity to vary its basic forms. The subgenres into which it branched out after its remarkable start in the fourth century underwent alternating phases of development and decline that were intertwined with changes in the po
Stephanos Efthymiadis is Professor at the Open University of Cyprus.
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Contents: Introduction Stephanos Efthymiadis. Part I Genres Varieties and Forms: Byzantine hagiography and its literary genres. Some critical observations Martin Hinterberger; Greek passions of the martyrs in Byzantium Marina Detoraki; Collections of miracles (fifth-fifteenth centuries) Stephanos Efthymiadis; Collections of edifying stories André Binggeli; Greek Byzantine hagiography in verse Stephanos Efthymiadis; Symeon Metaphrastes and the metaphrastic movement Christian Hÿgel; Synaxaria and the synaxarion of Constantinople Andrea Luzzi. Part II Hagiography as Literature: The Byzantine hagiographer and his text Martin Hinterberger; Audience language and patronage in Byzantine hagiography Stephanos Efthymiadis - Nikos Kalogeras; Byzantine hagiography and hymnography: an interrelationship Antonia Giannouli; Fiction and/or novelisation in Byzantine hagiography Charis Messis; Holy actors and actresses fools and cross-dressers as the protagonists of saints' Lives Stavroula Constantinou; The literary portrait of Byzantine female saints Nathalie Delierneux. Part III Hagiography and Society: Economy and society in Byzantine hagiography: realia and methodological questions Michel Kaplan - Eleonora Kountoura-Galaki; The city in Byzantine hagiography Helen G. Saradi; The hagiography of doubt and scepticism Anthony Kaldellis. Indexes.
Contents: Introduction Stephanos Efthymiadis. Part I Genres Varieties and Forms: Byzantine hagiography and its literary genres. Some critical observations Martin Hinterberger; Greek passions of the martyrs in Byzantium Marina Detoraki; Collections of miracles (fifth-fifteenth centuries) Stephanos Efthymiadis; Collections of edifying stories André Binggeli; Greek Byzantine hagiography in verse Stephanos Efthymiadis; Symeon Metaphrastes and the metaphrastic movement Christian Hÿgel; Synaxaria and the synaxarion of Constantinople Andrea Luzzi. Part II Hagiography as Literature: The Byzantine hagiographer and his text Martin Hinterberger; Audience language and patronage in Byzantine hagiography Stephanos Efthymiadis - Nikos Kalogeras; Byzantine hagiography and hymnography: an interrelationship Antonia Giannouli; Fiction and/or novelisation in Byzantine hagiography Charis Messis; Holy actors and actresses fools and cross-dressers as the protagonists of saints' Lives Stavroula Constantinou; The literary portrait of Byzantine female saints Nathalie Delierneux. Part III Hagiography and Society: Economy and society in Byzantine hagiography: realia and methodological questions Michel Kaplan - Eleonora Kountoura-Galaki; The city in Byzantine hagiography Helen G. Saradi; The hagiography of doubt and scepticism Anthony Kaldellis. Indexes.
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