Brother-Making in Late Antiquity and Byzantium

Monks, Laymen, and Christian Ritual

AvClaudia Rapp

Inbunden, Engelska, 2016

Del i serien Onassis Series in Hellenic Culture

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Beskrivning

Among medieval Christian societies, Byzantium is unique in preserving an ecclesiastical ritual of adelphopoiesis that pronounces two men as brothers. It has its origin as a spiritual blessing in the monastic world of late antiquity, and it becomes a popular social networking strategy among lay people from the ninth century onwards, even finding application in recent times. Located at the intersection of religious and social history, brother-making exemplifies how social practice can become ritualized and subsequently subjected to attempts of ecclesiastical and legal control. Wide-ranging in its use of sources, from a complete census of the manuscripts containing the ritual of adelphopoiesis to the literature and archaeology of early monasticism, and from the works of hagiographers, historiographers, and legal experts in Byzantium to comparative material in the Latin West and the Slavic world, this book is the first exhaustive treatment of the phenomenon.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2016-03-10
Mått:236 x 152 x 25 mm
Vikt:699 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Onassis Series in Hellenic Culture
Antal sidor:364
Förlag:OUP USA
ISBN:9780195389333

Utforska kategorier

Forntidens historia inom Historia och arkeologi
Religion: allmänt inom Filosofi och religion
Kristendom inom Filosofi och religion

Mer om författaren

Claudia Rapp is Director of the Division of Byzantine Research, Institute for Medieval Studies, Austrian Academy of Sciences.She was awarded the 2015 Wittgenstein Prize, the most prestigious scientific award in Austria.

Recensioner i media

This book is an erudite study on asceticism in Late Antiquity and Byzantium. Written by the eminent scholar Claudia Rapp ... it is a fascinating and welcome contribution to the field of early monasticism ... This is an excellent book, indispensable for scholars of asceticism in the later Roman world, and well worth the attention of a broader audience. Written by a brilliant scholar, Brother-Making in Late Antiquity and Byzantium is equally valuable for research and teaching.

Innehållsförteckning

Acknowledgements ; Abbreviations, Spelling and Transliteration ; Introduction ; One: Social Structures ; Two: The Ritual of Adelphopoiesis ; Three: The Origins: Small-Group Monasticism in Late Antiquity ; Four: The Social Practice of Brother-Making in Byzantium ; Five: Prescriptions and Restrictions in Byzantium ; Six: Beyond Byzantium ; Appendix 1: List of Manuscripts ; Appendix 2: Table of Prayers ; Appendix 3: Prayers in Translation ; Bibliography: Sources ; Bibliography: Scholarly Literature

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