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1017190
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b771560
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Vizantiĭskoe i︠u︡rodstvo.English
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Ivanov, S. A., (Sergeĭ Arkadʹevich),1956-
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Holy fools in Byzantium and beyond /\ Sergey A. Ivanov ; translated by Simon Franklin.
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Oxford :: Oxford University Press,, 2006.
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Oxford studies in Byzantium
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1 online resource (xi, 479 pages)
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| ISBN
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0191515140
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: 0191709743
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: 0199272514
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: 1280905697
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: 9780191515149
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: 9780191709746
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: 9780199272518
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: 9781280905698
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0199272514
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 415-456) and index.
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| Contents
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List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Precursors and Emergence; 2 Insane Saints; 3 Lechers and Beggars; 4 Holy Scandal; 5 The 'Second Edition' of Holy Foolery; 6 The 'New Theologians'; 7 Balancing at the Edge; 8 Decline; 9 Old Russian Iurodstvo; 10 The Iurodivyi and the Tsar; 11 Iurodstvo in an Age of Transition; 12 Iurodstvo Meets Modernity; 13 The Eastern Periphery; 14 The Western Periphery; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
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The image of St Basil's Cathedral in Moscow's Red Square is a familiar Russian landmark. Yet few people know what made Basil so famous. He was a saint who wandered about naked, bullied passers-by, brawled in the market-place, and once even smashed a revered icon. Saints such as Basil overturn the conventional concept of sainthood - what, we may ask, is saintly about them? This book aims to solve the mystery by exploring the figure of the holy fool in Byzantium and in later Russian. history. - ;There are saints in Orthodox Christian culture who overturn the conventional concept of sainthood. The.
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Asceticism-- Orthodox Eastern Church.
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Holy fools-- Byzantine Empire.
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Asceticism-- Orthodox Eastern Church.
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Holy fools.
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RELIGION-- Christian Theology-- Angelology Demonology.
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Byzantine Empire.
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235
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BV5039.R9I8313 2006eb
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