The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages: Essays on the Contribution of Peter Brown

ISBN-13: 9780198269786 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 312 str.

Howard -. Johnston; Geoff Hayward; -. Johnston Howard -. Johnston

Opis

This book of essays explores the characteristic traits and diverse functions of holy men and the fashioning of saints out of a small minority of holy men and other individuals of high social status with more dubious spiritual credentials. These themes are looked at across a wide range of social and cultural milieux. Peter Brown has transformed historians' ways of looking at early Christian saints and his work forms a constant point of reference throughout the book.

Recenzje

The essays in this impressive collection revisit, or rediscover, the holy man, over a very wide geographical and chronological range ... who wants such stories told, and what are saints' lives for? This volume has greatly extended the range of answers.