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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814177903321

Autore

Limberis Vasiliki <1954, >

Titolo

Divine Heiress : the Virgin Mary and the creation of Christian Constantinople / / Vasiliki Limberis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1994

ISBN

1-134-86278-4

1-134-86279-2

1-280-33140-2

9780203303091

0-203-30309-1

0-203-03617-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (212 p.)

Disciplina

232.91/094961/8

Soggetti

Christianity and culture - History - Early church, ca. 30-600

Hymns, Greek - History and criticism

Istanbul (Turkey) Church history

Byzantine Empire Church history

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-193) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; Greco-Roman civic religion versus ~The Kingdom of God on Earth~; The Theodosians and paganism; Theodosius, Pulcheria, and the civic ceremonies; Imperial cult, panegyric, and the Theotokos; The hierarchs' Mary; Byzantium's bequest to the Theotokos; Conclusion; Map of Constantinople; Appendix: The Akathistos Hymn; Notes; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Divine Heiress explores the vital role of the Virgin Mary in the cultural and religious life of Constantinople in late antiquity. It shows how she was transformed from a humble Jewish maiden into a divine figure and supernatural protector of Constantinople.Vasiliki Limberis examines the cult of Mary in the context of the religious culture of the Mediterranean world and the imperial Christianity of the Roman Empire. The author looks at all the evidence for the cult but pays particular attention to the



early hymns to the virgin. These hymns preserved the strong indigenous goddess tr