The Christian Parthenon: Classicism and Pilgrimage in Byzantine Athens

ISBN-13: 9781009113953 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 268 str.

Anthony Kaldellis

Opis

Examines the history of Byzantine Athens, and especially the Parthenon, which became a Christian church and major site of pilgrimage.

Recenzje

' … although Kaldellis' work should be recognized for its contribution to our knowledge regarding this time and place, it should also be counted among important paradigm-shifting studies.' The Journal of Church History

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. Conversions of the Parthenon; 2. From students to pilgrims in Medieval Athens (532–848 AD); 3. Imperial recognition: Basileios II in Athens (1018 AD); 4. Pilgrims of the Middle Period (900–1100 AD); 5. The apogee of the Atheniotissa in the twelfth century; 6. Michael Choniates: a classicist-bishop and his cathedral (1182–1205 AD); 7. Why the Parthenon? An attempt at interpretation; 8. The light of the Christian Parthenon; Postscript: some Byzantine heresies; Appendix: the little metropolis.