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This text contains eleven essays, prefaced by a general introduction, on a set of related themes: the characteristic traits and diverse functions of holy men; the fashioning of saints out of a small minority of holy men and a number of other individuals of high social status but with more dubious spiritual credentials; the literary processes involved in the construction of hagiographical texts; the role of hagiography in the creation and diffusion of cults; and the worldly interests and other purposes which were served by hagiographical texts and the cults which they propagated. These themes are explored across a wide range of social and cultural milieux, extending from the late antique east Mediterranean through the early medieval Frankish world and Byzantium to Russia and Islam in the high middle ages. The work of Peter Brown, in particular his article, "The Rise and Function of the Holy Man in Late Antiquity", first published in 1971, forms a constant point of reference, acknowledged by the contributors as having irradiated the field with fresh ideas.;This book is intended for scholars, graduates engaged in advanced research, undergraduates and general readers interested in the Roman empire in late antiquity, early medieval Byzantium, medieval Russia and early Islam.
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Book Details
| Book Format | hardback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Date Published | 2000-01-06 |
| Editor | James Howard-Johnston (Lecturer in Byzantine Studies, Modern History Faculty, University of Oxford);Paul Antony Hayward (Junior Research Fellow in Modern History, Jesus College, Oxford) |
| Weight | 509g |
| Number of Pages | 308 |
| Thickness | 25 mm |
| Height | 216 mm |
| Width | 138 mm |
| ISBN | 9780198269786 |
| ISBN-10 | 0198269781 |
| Product ID | 32846 |
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