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A Tale of Two Saints: The Martyrdoms and Miracles of Saints Theodore 'the Recruit' and 'the General' (Translated Texts for Byzantinists LUP)
Professor John Haldon
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Description for A Tale of Two Saints: The Martyrdoms and Miracles of Saints Theodore 'the Recruit' and 'the General' (Translated Texts for Byzantinists LUP)
Hardcover. While the cult of St Theodore has been studied in the context of hagiographical writing and from the perspective of his representation in medieval art, this translation of the Greek texts connected with St Theodore examines the structure of the texts and their historical development. Series: Translated Texts for Byzantinists. Num Pages: 192 pages, 3, 3 black & white illustrations, Black and White. BIC Classification: 1QDAZ; 3F; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 222 x 14. Weight in Grams: 322.
Hagiographical writing, including the Lives of saints and martyrs and collections of their miracles, were one of the most popular, perhaps the most popular form of literature accessible to ordinary people in the medieval world. St. Theodore ‘the Recruit’ was one of the best-known of the so-called ‘military saints’ or ‘soldier saints’, particularly in the medieval eastern Roman, or Byzantine, and the eastern Christian world, where churches dedicated to him were to be found in towns, cities and in the countryside. While the cult of St. Theodore has been studied in the context ... Read more
Hagiographical writing, including the Lives of saints and martyrs and collections of their miracles, were one of the most popular, perhaps the most popular form of literature accessible to ordinary people in the medieval world. St. Theodore ‘the Recruit’ was one of the best-known of the so-called ‘military saints’ or ‘soldier saints’, particularly in the medieval eastern Roman, or Byzantine, and the eastern Christian world, where churches dedicated to him were to be found in towns, cities and in the countryside. While the cult of St. Theodore has been studied in the context ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
Translated Texts for Byzantinists
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Liverpool, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781781382820
SKU
V9781781382820
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About Professor John Haldon
John Haldon is Shelby Cullom Davis ’30 Professor of European History, emeritus and Professor of Byzantine History & Hellenic Studies, emeritus, Princeton University. He is Director, Climate Change and History Research Initiative and Director, Environmental History Lab, Program in Medieval Studies, Princeton University. His many books include: Byzantium in the iconoclast era, 680-850. A history (CUP 2011) (with L. Brubaker); ... Read more
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