Holy fools in Byzantium and beyond /
"In this study, Sergey A. Ivanov examines the phenomenon of holy foolery from a cultural standpoint. Adopting a diachronic approach, he identifies the prerequisites for holy foolery, considers the way it was shaped in the religious mind, and follows the emergence of the first hagiographic texts...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English. |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2006.
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| Series: | Oxford studies in Byzantium.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | "In this study, Sergey A. Ivanov examines the phenomenon of holy foolery from a cultural standpoint. Adopting a diachronic approach, he identifies the prerequisites for holy foolery, considers the way it was shaped in the religious mind, and follows the emergence of the first hagiographic texts describing these paradoxical saints. In exploring the subsequent tradition of holy foolery, he shows how the genuinely insane could be promoted to the ranks of holy fools, as new generations of hagiographers attempted to read insanity in the light of the established canon. He also uncovers a large number of Byzantine and Old Russian sources dealing with holy fools who, for various reasons, were not entered into the official lists of saints."--Jacket. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 479 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 415-456) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191515149 0191515140 9780199272518 0199272514 9781280905698 1280905697 9780191709746 0191709743 |