Byzantine tree life : Christianity and the arboreal imagination /

This book examines the many ways Byzantines lived with their trees. It takes seriously theological and hagiographic tree engagement as expressions of that culture's deep involvement, and even fascination, with the arboreal. These pages tap into the current attention paid to plants in a wide ran...

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Main Authors:	Arentzen, Thomas, 1976- (Author), Burrus, Virginia (Author), Peers, Glenn (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Palgrave Macmillan, [2021]
Series:	New approaches to Byzantine history and culture.
Subjects:	Trees > Byzantine Empire. Byzantine Empire > Civilization. Byzantine Empire > History. Byzantine Empire > Religion.