Title Details: | |
Late Byzantine Hagiography |
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Other Titles: |
Writers and texts |
Authors: |
Alexakis, Alexander Stamouli, Alexia - Foteini |
Subject: | HUMANITIES AND ARTS > HISTORY > GENERAL HISTORY, THEORY > BYZANTINE HISTORY HUMANITIES AND ARTS > ARTS AND LETTERS > PHILOLOGY > LITERATURE HUMANITIES AND ARTS > ARTS AND LETTERS > PHILOLOGY > LITERATURE > AUTHORS HUMANITIES AND ARTS > ARTS AND LETTERS > PHILOLOGY > LITERARY FORMS AND GENRES > PROSE > BIOGRAPHIES HUMANITIES AND ARTS > ARTS AND LETTERS > PHILOLOGY > LITERARY FORMS AND GENRES > RELIGIOUS LITERATURE > HAGIOGRAPHY HUMANITIES AND ARTS > ARTS AND LETTERS > PHILOLOGY > LITERARY FORMS AND GENRES > RHETORIC HUMANITIES AND ARTS > ARTS AND LETTERS > PHILOLOGY > LITERARY FORMS AND GENRES > SPEECHES HUMANITIES AND ARTS > ARTS AND LETTERS > PHILOLOGY > CLASSICAL PHILOLOGY > BYZANTINE PHILOLOGY |
Keywords: |
Late Byzantine period
Glossary Comments History Cultural environment Church Scholars “Ekphraseis” Cities Structure Language |
Description: | |
Abstract: |
The work with the title "Late Byzantine Hagiography" and the subtitle "Writers and texts" deals with the hagiographical production of the late Byzantine period. In the beginning there is an introduction with the most important events (political, military, economic, ecclesiastical, etc.) of the era. Moreover, emphasis is given on the importance of these years within the intellectual field (developments in Letters and Arts) and the reasons behind the development of hagiography. There are chapters dedicated to both the most important representatives of the hagiographical production of the period (for instance, Kyprios, Raoulaina, Stavrakios, Constantine Akropolites, Xanthopoulos, Metochites, Gregoras, Hyrtakenos, Kalothetos, Lazaropoulos, Kokkinos, Symeon of Thessaloniki, Makris) and the categories of texts (e.g., Collections of Miracles – Old or New Saints – Lives, Speeches, Praises, known and anonymous writers). Each chapter begins with important facts about the life and work of the writers and continues with characteristic excerpts from their hagiographical works with informative facts about persons or events. Linguistic interpretation or paraphrasing and various annotations come next. It is of our interest to highlight elements such as the characteristics of the persons who wrote hagiographical texts during this period (e.g., social status, education), the saints to whom the works are dedicated and the criteria for their selection, as well as the reasons for writing the texts, their structure, language, and style features. Emphasis is given to issues such as the preservation of the ancient Greek, the connection with rhetoric, the distinction of cities and regions with religious significance, the possibility of utilizing hagiography as a historical and archaeological source and the gathering of evidence for the scientific knowledge of the time. The last chapter summarizes the conclusions.
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Linguistic Editors: |
Kioseoglou, Nerina |
Graphic Editors: |
Bozionelos, Gavriil |
Type: |
Undergraduate textbook |
Creation Date: | 15-09-2023 |
Item Details: | |
ISBN |
978-618-228-095-9 |
License: |
Attribution - NonCommercial - ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) |
DOI | http://dx.doi.org/10.57713/kallipos-328 |
Handle | http://hdl.handle.net/11419/10587 |
Bibliographic Reference: | Alexakis, A., & Stamouli, A. (2023). Late Byzantine Hagiography [Undergraduate textbook]. Kallipos, Open Academic Editions. https://dx.doi.org/10.57713/kallipos-328 |
Language: |
Greek |
Consists of: |
1. The late byzantine era and the Hagiography 2. Gregory of Cyprus – Theodora Kantakouzene Palaiologina Raoulaina 3. John Staurakios – Saints of Thessaloniki 4. Constantine Akropolites – Old saints 5. Nikephoros Kallistos Xanthopoulos – The City and the churches 6. Theodore Metochites – The motives of writing 7. Nikephoros Gregoras – Celebration of patronsaint / The contemporary education 8. Theodore Hyrtakenos – Description of nature 9. Joseph Kalothetos – The Holy Mountain 10. Joseph Lazaropoulos – Hagiography as a historical source 11. Philotheos Kokkinos – Contemporary saints 12. Symeon of Thessaloniki – History of Thessaloniki 13. Makarios Makris 14. Conclusions |
Number of pages |
434 |
Publication Origin: |
Kallipos, Open Academic Editions |
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