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ISBN/UID: 9780674057616
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 19 September 2016
Description
In the Roman and Byzantine Near East, the holy fool emerged in Christianity as a way of describing individuals whose apparent madness allowed them to achieve a higher level of spirituality. Insanity and Sanctity in Byzantium examines how the figur...
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272 pages • missing pub info (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780674057616
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 19 September 2016
Description
In the Roman and Byzantine Near East, the holy fool emerged in Christianity as a way of describing individuals whose apparent madness allowed them to achieve a higher level of spirituality. Insanity and Sanctity in Byzantium examines how the figur...
Community Reviews
Content Warnings