Wisdom's House, Heaven's Gate

Athens and Jerusalem in the Middle Ages

AvTeresa Shawcross

Inbunden, Engelska, 2024

Del i serien New Approaches to Byzantine History and Culture

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Taking as its starting point an investigation into the physical topography and symbolism of the two cities of Athens and Jerusalem, this book offers a cultural history of the rival superpowers—the Byzantine Empire and Fatimid Caliphate—that between them dominated the Mediterranean world during the Central Middle Ages.

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Utgivningsdatum:2024-09-15
Mått:148 x 210 x 34 mm
Vikt:802 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:New Approaches to Byzantine History and Culture
Antal sidor:479
Upplaga:2024
Förlag:Springer International Publishing AG
ISBN:9783031352621

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Teresa Shawcross is Associate Professor of History and Hellenic Studies at Princeton University, USA and a Senior Member of Robinson College, University of Cambridge, UK. She has previously published The Chronicle of Morea: Historiography in Crusader Greece and Reading in the Byzantine Empire and Beyond.

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“Wisdom’s House, Heaven’s Gate follows a somewhat winding path, and the best way of doing the book justice is by treating each of its chapters as a study of its own.” (Olof Heilo, Bryn Mawr Classical Review (BMCR), bmcr.brynmawr.edu, June, 2025)

Innehållsförteckning

Chapter 1. Introduction: Reframing the Question of Athens and Jerusalem.- Chapter 2. The Parthenon from Temple to Church.- Chapter 3. A Miracle of Heavenly Fire.- Chapter 4. The Relocation of Jerusalem.- Chapter 5. The Light of Hellenism in Empire and Caliphate.- Chapter 6. Wisdom: Lady of the Temple, Lady of the Red Thread.- Chapter 7. Conclusion: The City on a Hill.