03138nam 2200673 a 450 991078473060332120230828231620.01-280-90569-70-19-151514-09780199272518(CKB)1000000000405637(EBL)422429(OCoLC)476257061(SSID)ssj0000172647(PQKBManifestationID)11180119(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000172647(PQKBWorkID)10151937(PQKB)10091537(StDuBDS)EDZ0000072463(MiAaPQ)EBC422429(Au-PeEL)EBL422429(CaPaEBR)ebr10177877(CaONFJC)MIL90569(MiAaPQ)EBC7035574(Au-PeEL)EBL7035574(EXLCZ)99100000000040563720060831d2006 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrHoly fools in Byzantium and beyond[electronic resource] /Sergey A. Ivanov ; translated by Simon FranklinOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20061 online resource (492 p.)Oxford studies in ByzantiumDescription based upon print version of record.0-19-170974-3 0-19-927251-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. [415]-456) and index.Contents; 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; IndexThe 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. TheOxford studies in Byzantium.SantosBiografíasOriente MedioHoly foolsByzantine EmpireAsceticismOrthodox Eastern ChurchImperio bizantinoReligiosidad popularSantosBiografíasHoly foolsAsceticismOrthodox Eastern Church.235Ivanov S. A(Sergeĭ Arkadʹevich),1956-862044MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910784730603321Holy fools in Byzantium and beyond1924297UNINA