This volume, on the cult of the Theotokos (Virgin Mary) in Byzantium, focuses on textual and historical aspects of the subject, thus complementing previous work which has ...

The Byzantines used imagery to communicate a wide range of issues. In the context of Iconoclasm - the debate about the legitimacy of religious art conducted between c. AD 730 ...

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13 studies on Greek-speaking preachers and audiences in a period from the beginning of the second century A.D. to the beginning of the tenth century cover themes including the ...

This volume brings together a group of scholars to consider the rituals of eating together in the Byzantine world, the material culture of Byzantine food and wine consumption ...

A major revisionist survey of this most elusive and fascinating period in medieval history.

This Companion focuses on the way Orthodox theological tradition is understood and lived today.

This study explores how and why people have made and modified images and other cultural material from pre-history into the 21st century. By juxtaposing objects and places ...