Author: Andrew Walker White
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107073855
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 291
Book Description
The first full-length, interdisciplinary study of the Greek performing arts - theatre, rhetoric and ritual - between antiquity and the Renaissance.
Performing Orthodox Ritual in Byzantium
Author: Andrew Walker White
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107073855
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 291
Book Description
The first full-length, interdisciplinary study of the Greek performing arts - theatre, rhetoric and ritual - between antiquity and the Renaissance.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107073855
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 291
Book Description
The first full-length, interdisciplinary study of the Greek performing arts - theatre, rhetoric and ritual - between antiquity and the Renaissance.
Liturgy and the Emotions in Byzantium
Author: Andrew Mellas
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108487599
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 219
Book Description
Emotions in Byzantium came to life through hymnody, which invited the faithful to step into a liturgical world of compunction.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108487599
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 219
Book Description
Emotions in Byzantium came to life through hymnody, which invited the faithful to step into a liturgical world of compunction.
Performing the Gospels in Byzantium
Author: Roland Betancourt
Publisher:
ISBN: 1108491391
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Tracing the Gospel text from script to illustration to recitation, explores the ritual and architectural context of illuminated manuscripts.
Publisher:
ISBN: 1108491391
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Tracing the Gospel text from script to illustration to recitation, explores the ritual and architectural context of illuminated manuscripts.
Hymns, Homilies and Hermeneutics in Byzantium
Author:
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004439579
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
In Hymns, Homilies and Hermeneutics the authors explore the sacred stories, affective scripts and salvific songs which were the literature of Byzantine liturgical communities and provide a window into lived Christianity in this period.
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004439579
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
In Hymns, Homilies and Hermeneutics the authors explore the sacred stories, affective scripts and salvific songs which were the literature of Byzantine liturgical communities and provide a window into lived Christianity in this period.
Satire in the Middle Byzantine Period
Author:
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004442561
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 397
Book Description
This volume explores various forms, functions and meanings of satirical texts written in the Middle Byzantine period.
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004442561
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 397
Book Description
This volume explores various forms, functions and meanings of satirical texts written in the Middle Byzantine period.
Reading in the Byzantine Empire and Beyond
Author: Teresa Shawcross
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108304907
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 745
Book Description
Offering a comprehensive introduction to the history of books, readers and reading in the Byzantine Empire and its sphere of influence, this volume addresses a paradox. Advanced literacy was rare among imperial citizens, being restricted by gender and class. Yet the state's economic, religious and political institutions insisted on the fundamental importance of the written record. Starting from the materiality of codices, documents and inscriptions, the volume's contributors draw attention to the evidence for a range of interactions with texts. They examine the role of authors, compilers and scribes. They look at practices such as the close perusal of texts in order to produce excerpts, notes, commentaries and editions. But they also analyse the social implications of the constant intersection of writing with both image and speech. Showcasing current methodological approaches, this collection of essays aims to place a discussion of Byzantium within the mainstream of medieval textual studies.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108304907
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 745
Book Description
Offering a comprehensive introduction to the history of books, readers and reading in the Byzantine Empire and its sphere of influence, this volume addresses a paradox. Advanced literacy was rare among imperial citizens, being restricted by gender and class. Yet the state's economic, religious and political institutions insisted on the fundamental importance of the written record. Starting from the materiality of codices, documents and inscriptions, the volume's contributors draw attention to the evidence for a range of interactions with texts. They examine the role of authors, compilers and scribes. They look at practices such as the close perusal of texts in order to produce excerpts, notes, commentaries and editions. But they also analyse the social implications of the constant intersection of writing with both image and speech. Showcasing current methodological approaches, this collection of essays aims to place a discussion of Byzantium within the mainstream of medieval textual studies.
The Orthodox Church in the Byzantine Empire
Author: J. M. Hussey
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191614882
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
This book describes the role of the medieval Orthodox Church in the Byzantine Empire (c.600-c.1453). As an integral part of its policy it was (as in western Christianity) closely linked with many aspects of everyday life both official and otherwise. It was a formative period for Orthodoxy. It had to face doctrinal problems and heresies; at the same time it experienced the continuity and deepening of its liturgical life. While holding fast to the traditions of the fathers and the councils, it saw certain developments in doctrine and liturgy as also in administration. Part I discusses the landmarks in ecclesiastical affairs within the Empire as well as the creative influence exercised on the Slavs and the increasing contacts with westerners particularly after 1204. Part II gives a brief account of the structure of the medieval Orthodox Church, its officials and organization, and the spirituality of laity, monks, and clergy.
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191614882
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
This book describes the role of the medieval Orthodox Church in the Byzantine Empire (c.600-c.1453). As an integral part of its policy it was (as in western Christianity) closely linked with many aspects of everyday life both official and otherwise. It was a formative period for Orthodoxy. It had to face doctrinal problems and heresies; at the same time it experienced the continuity and deepening of its liturgical life. While holding fast to the traditions of the fathers and the councils, it saw certain developments in doctrine and liturgy as also in administration. Part I discusses the landmarks in ecclesiastical affairs within the Empire as well as the creative influence exercised on the Slavs and the increasing contacts with westerners particularly after 1204. Part II gives a brief account of the structure of the medieval Orthodox Church, its officials and organization, and the spirituality of laity, monks, and clergy.
Sacred and Secular Intersections in Music of the Long Nineteenth Century
Author: Eftychia Papanikolaou
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1666906050
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 439
Book Description
Sacred and Secular Intersections in Music of the Long Nineteenth Century: Church, Stage, and Concert Hall explores interconnections of the sacred and the secular in music and aesthetic debates of the long nineteenth century. The essays in this volume view the category of the sacred not as a monolithic attribute that applies only to music written for and performed in a religious ritual. Rather, the “sacred” is viewed as a functional as well as a topical category that enhances the discourse of cross-pollination of musical vocabularies between sacred and secular compositions, church and concert music. Using a variety of methodological approaches, the contributors articulate how sacred and religious identities coalesce, reconcile, fuse, or intersect in works from the long nineteenth century that traverse an array of genres and compositional styles.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1666906050
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 439
Book Description
Sacred and Secular Intersections in Music of the Long Nineteenth Century: Church, Stage, and Concert Hall explores interconnections of the sacred and the secular in music and aesthetic debates of the long nineteenth century. The essays in this volume view the category of the sacred not as a monolithic attribute that applies only to music written for and performed in a religious ritual. Rather, the “sacred” is viewed as a functional as well as a topical category that enhances the discourse of cross-pollination of musical vocabularies between sacred and secular compositions, church and concert music. Using a variety of methodological approaches, the contributors articulate how sacred and religious identities coalesce, reconcile, fuse, or intersect in works from the long nineteenth century that traverse an array of genres and compositional styles.
After the Text
Author: Liz James
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000468712
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 533
Book Description
After the Text honours the work of renowned historian Margaret Mullett, who since the 1970s has transformed the study of Byzantine literature. Her work has been influential in demonstrating the strength and variety of Byzantine texts. Byzantium is renowned for its achievements in architecture and the visual arts. Byzantium is renowned for its achievements in architecture and the visual arts. Professor Mullett's perceptive studies, produced over more than 40 years, have shown that the literature of the Byzantine Empire is of equal beauty and interest, ranging, as it does, from high-style poetry and rhetoric in the classical manner through letters to demotic writings such as fables and the lives of saints. The collection of essays in this volume draws further attention to the wealth and diversity of Byzantine texts, by exploring the Greek literature of Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages in all its variety. These studies, by going, like Professor Mullett herself, beyond the texts, illustrate the value of Byzantine literature for interpreting Byzantine history and civilisation in all its richness. This book is crucial reading for scholars and students of the Byzantine world, as well as for those interested in literary studies. Chapter 16 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000468712
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 533
Book Description
After the Text honours the work of renowned historian Margaret Mullett, who since the 1970s has transformed the study of Byzantine literature. Her work has been influential in demonstrating the strength and variety of Byzantine texts. Byzantium is renowned for its achievements in architecture and the visual arts. Byzantium is renowned for its achievements in architecture and the visual arts. Professor Mullett's perceptive studies, produced over more than 40 years, have shown that the literature of the Byzantine Empire is of equal beauty and interest, ranging, as it does, from high-style poetry and rhetoric in the classical manner through letters to demotic writings such as fables and the lives of saints. The collection of essays in this volume draws further attention to the wealth and diversity of Byzantine texts, by exploring the Greek literature of Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages in all its variety. These studies, by going, like Professor Mullett herself, beyond the texts, illustrate the value of Byzantine literature for interpreting Byzantine history and civilisation in all its richness. This book is crucial reading for scholars and students of the Byzantine world, as well as for those interested in literary studies. Chapter 16 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.
The Oxford Handbook of Byzantine Literature
Author: Stratis Papaioannou
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199351767
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 785
Book Description
In twenty-five chapters by leading scholars, this volume propagates a nuanced understanding of Byzantine "literature", highlighting key problems, and presenting basic research tools for an audience of specialists and non-specialists.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199351767
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 785
Book Description
In twenty-five chapters by leading scholars, this volume propagates a nuanced understanding of Byzantine "literature", highlighting key problems, and presenting basic research tools for an audience of specialists and non-specialists.