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The Cult of St Anna in Byzantium

2018-05-11 History
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Book Synopsis The Cult of St Anna in Byzantium by : Eirini Panou

Download or read book The Cult of St Anna in Byzantium written by Eirini Panou. This book was released on 2018-05-11. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Cult of St Anna in Byzantium is the first undertaking in Byzantine research to study the phenomenon of St Anna’s cult from the sixth to the fifteenth centuries. It was prompted by the need to enrich our knowledge of a female saint who had already been studied in the West but remained virtually unknown in Eastern Christendom. It focuses on a figure little-studied in scholarship and examines the formation, establishment and promotion of an apocryphal saint who made her way to the pantheon of Orthodox saints. Visual and material culture, relics and texts track the gradual social and ideological transformation of Byzantium from early Christianity until the fifteenth century. This book not only examines various aspects of early Christian and Byzantine civilisation, but also investigates how the cult of saints greatly influenced cultural changes in order to suit theological, social and political demands. The cult of St Anna influenced many diverse elements of Christian life in Constantinople, including the creation of sacred spaces and the location of haghiasmata (fountains of holy water) in the city; imperial patronage; the social reception of St Anna’s story; and relic narratives. This monograph breaks new ground in explaining how and why Byzantium and the Orthodox Church attributed scriptural authority to a minor figure known only from a non-canonical work.

Aspects of St Anna's Cult in Byzantium

2011
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Book Synopsis Aspects of St Anna's Cult in Byzantium by : Eirini Panou

Download or read book Aspects of St Anna's Cult in Byzantium written by Eirini Panou. This book was released on 2011. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Cult of the Mother of God in Byzantium

2011 Religion
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Release : 2011
Genre : Religion
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Book Synopsis The Cult of the Mother of God in Byzantium by : Leslie Brubaker

Download or read book The Cult of the Mother of God in Byzantium written by Leslie Brubaker. This book was released on 2011. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume, on the cult of the Theotokos (Virgin Mary) in Byzantium, focuses on textual and historical aspects of the subject, thus complementing previous work which has centered more on the cult of images of the Mother of God. This international cast of scholars, consider the development and transformation of the cult from approximately the fourth through the twelfth centuries. The aim of this volume is to build on recent work on the cult of the Virgin Mary in Byzantium and to explore new areas of study. The rationale is critical and historical, using literary, artistic, and archaeological sources to evaluate her role in the development of the Byzantine understanding of the ways in which God interacts with creation by means of icons, relics and the Theotokos.

Devotion to St. Anne in Texts and Images

2018-06-21 History
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Release : 2018-06-21
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Book Synopsis Devotion to St. Anne in Texts and Images by : Elena Ene D-Vasilescu

Download or read book Devotion to St. Anne in Texts and Images written by Elena Ene D-Vasilescu. This book was released on 2018-06-21. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: St. Anne was popular with representatives of various segments of society – from monks, nuns, members of the clergy, royal patrons, to church-goers of every rank. This book looks into both the public and private worship of this holy woman and brings to the surface some under-exposed aspects of it. It does so through the examination of manuscripts, monumental art, relics, sculpture, and texts of various genres. The contributors employ a historical as well as a theological perspective on how the cult of St. Anne (sometimes also with glimpses concerning that of Joachim) established itself, referring to areas in Europe which are not frequently discussed in English-language scholarship. This new contribution to the field of hagiography will be of interest to academics from a variety of research fields, including theologians, Byzantinists, art and church historians, and historians of a larger scope.

The Cult of St Katherine of Alexandria in Early Medieval Europe

2017-05-15 History
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Book Synopsis The Cult of St Katherine of Alexandria in Early Medieval Europe by : Christine Walsh

Download or read book The Cult of St Katherine of Alexandria in Early Medieval Europe written by Christine Walsh. This book was released on 2017-05-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: St Katherine of Alexandria was one of the most popular saints in both the Orthodox and Latin Churches in the later Middle Ages, yet there has been little study of how her cult developed before c. 1200. This book redresses the balance, providing a thorough examination of the way the cult spread from the Greek-speaking lands of the Eastern Mediterranean and into Western Europe. The author uses the full range of source material available, including liturgical texts, hagiographies, chronicles and iconographical evidence, bringing together these often disparate sources to map the way in which the cult of St Katherine grew from its early stages in the Byzantine Empire up to c.1100, its transmission to Italy, and the introduction and development of the cult in Normandy and England up to c.1200. The book also includes appendices listing early manuscripts containing Katherine's Passio and including key original texts on St Katherine of the period. This study will be welcomed by scholars of medieval history and the history of medieval art, and as a case-study for all those with an interest in the development of medieval saint's cults.

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