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Author Ivanov, S. A. (Sergeĭ Arkadʹevich), 1956-

Title Holy fools in Byzantium and beyond / Sergey A. Ivanov ; translated by Simon Franklin
Published Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2006

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 479 pages)
Series Oxford studies in Byzantium
Oxford studies in Byzantium.
Contents . Precursors and emergence -- 2. Insane saints -- 3. Lechers and beggars -- 4. Holy scandal -- 5. The 'second edition' of holy foolery -- 6. The 'new theologians' -- 7. Balancing at the edge -- 8. Decline -- 9. Old Russian Iurodstvo -- 10. The Iurodivyi and the tsar -- 11. Iurodstvo in an age of transition -- 12. Iurodstvo meets modernity -- 13. The eastern periphery -- 14. The western periphery
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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 415-456) and index
Notes English
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Subject Holy fools -- Byzantine Empire
Asceticism -- Orthodox Eastern Church.
RELIGION -- Christian Theology -- Angelology & Demonology.
Asceticism -- Orthodox Eastern Church
Holy fools
Byzantine Empire
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780191515149
0191515140
9780199272518
0199272514
9781280905698
1280905697
9780191709746
0191709743
Other Titles Vizantiĭskoe i︠u︡rodstvo. English